; and (B) in a crude and savage effort to silence the Cuban people, cutting internet connectivity and mobile services throughout Cuba, which prevented the Cuban people from organizing and hid from the outside world images and videos of the oppressive and brutal crackdown. (9) In response to these demonstrations and protests, the regime blocked access to social media, messaging platforms and cellular services, and arrested and detained hundreds of protesters, activists, and journalists, according to Cuban human rights groups. (10) The Human Rights Report on Cuba for 2020 set forth by the Department of State found that Cuba is an authoritarian state. (11) A new constitution ratified in February 2019 codified that Cuba remains a one-party system in which the Cuban Communist Party is the only legal political party. Elections in Cuba were neither free, fair, nor competitive. (12) The Ministry of Interior of Cuba (MININT) controls police, internal security forces, and the prison system. The National Revolutionary Police are the primary law enforcement organization of the Ministry. Specialized units of the state security branch of the Ministry are responsible for monitoring, infiltrating, and suppressing independent political activity. The national leadership of Cuba, including members of the military, maintain effective control over the security forces. Members of the security forces have committed numerous abuses. (13) Significant human rights issues in Cuba perpetrated by the Communist Party include the following: (A) Unlawful or arbitrary killings, including extrajudicial killings. (B) Forced disappearances. (C) Torture and cruel, inhuman, and degrading treatment of political dissidents, detainees, and prisoners by security forces. (D) Harsh and life-threatening prison conditions. (E) Arbitrary arrests and detentions. (F) The detaining of political prisoners. (G) Significant problems with the independence of the judiciary. (H) Arbitrary or unlawful interference with privacy. (I) Functional lack of freedom of the