; and (5) this case was framed within the contextual elements of state repression of human rights defenders in Cuba ; Whereas the report entitled Cuba 2022 Human Rights Report published by the Department of State notes that significant human rights issues [in Cuba] included credible reports of — (1) unlawful or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings, by the government; (2) torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of political dissidents, detainees, and prisoners by security forces; (3) harsh and life-threatening prison conditions; (4) arbitrary arrests and detentions; political prisoners; (5) transnational repression against individuals in another country; (6) serious problems with the independence of the judiciary; (7) arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy; (8) serious restrictions on freedom of expression and media, including violence or threats of violence against journalists, censorship, unjustified arrests or prosecutions of journalists, and enforcement or threat to enforce criminal libel laws to limit expression; (9) serious restrictions on internet freedom; substantial interference with the right of peaceful assembly and freedom of association, including overly restrictive laws on the organization, funding, or operation of nongovernmental and civil society organizations; (10) severe restrictions on religious freedom; (11) restrictions on freedom of movement and residence within the country and on the right to leave the country; (12) inability of citizens to change their government peacefully through free and fair elections; serious and unreasonable restrictions on political participation; (13) serious government corruption; lack of investigation of and accountability for gender-based violence, including femicide; and (14) trafficking in persons, including forced labor; and outlawing of independent trade unions