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 press, as criminal libel laws are used against persons who criticize leadership of the Government of Cuba and that Government has engaged in censorship and internet site blocking. (J) Severe limitations on academic and cultural freedom. (K) Severe restrictions on the right of peaceful assembly and denial of freedom of association, including refusal to recognize independent associations. (L) Severe restrictions on religious freedom. (M) Restrictions on internal and external freedom of movement. (N) Inability of citizens to change their government through free and fair elections. (O) Restrictions on political participation to members of the ruling party. (P) Corruption by officials of the Government of Cuba. (Q) Trafficking in persons, including compulsory labor. (R) Outlawing of independent trade unions. (14) Officials of the Government of Cuba, at the direction of their superiors, have committed most human rights abuses. As a matter of policy, officials failed to investigate or prosecute the individuals who committed those abuses. Impunity for the perpetrators has remained widespread. (15) The United States Commission on International Religious Freedom recommended in its 2021 Annual Report that the United States Government again place Cuba on the special watch list under section 402(b)(1)(A)(iii) of the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998 ( 22 U.S.C. 6442(b)(1)(A)(iii) ) and recommended imposing sanctions on the Office of Religious Affairs of Cuba. (16) In the report specified in paragraph (15), the United States Commission on International Religious Freedom raised concerns regarding the denial in Cuba of religious freedom for human rights activists, independent journalists, and protesters, particularly in