The law targets Cubans abroad who engage in “acts contrary to the high political, economic, and social interests” of the island.
HAVANA TIMES – The Cuban parliament approved the Citizenship Law this Friday, which, among other things, allows the regime to revoke the citizenship of those who engage in “acts contrary” to the country’s political “interests.”
The approved law empowers the president of Cuba to strip citizenship by decree from those who enlist “in any type of armed organization with the aim of attacking” the country or its citizens, and from those who engage in “acts contrary to the high political, economic, and social interests” of the island.
The affected person must be residing outside the country or hold another nationality, although exceptions are considered for serious reasons, apparently to denationalize government opponents inside Cuba.
The law’s promoters have argued that this power would only be used “exception