U.S. and Cuba travel restrictions violate basic rights, group says.

Publication: South Florida Sun-Sentinel (via Knight-Ridder/Tribune News Service)

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Byline: Madeline Baro Diaz and Ruth Morris

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. _ A prominent human rights organization on Wednesday accused the United States and Cuba of imposing travel restrictions that wrench families apart and violate basic rights.

The report by New York-based Human Rights Watch criticized U.S. policies that limit travel by Cuban-Americans to the island and Cuban policies that limit exit permits.

"This is a human rights issue," the report's author, Daniel Wilkinson, said at a news conference at the Biltmore Hotel in Coral Gables, Fla. "There is an internationally recognized right that's at stake here, and that is the right to freedom...

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