The Castro Dictatorship made at least 5,351 politically-motivated Arrests in the first four months of 2016, the non-governmental Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation said Tuesday. At the current monthly pace, by sometime in July this will be the worst year for political repression since the commission began counting in 2010.

The latest numbers are a result of the dictatorship "trying to silence dissenting voices and any form of peaceful public demonstrations of discontent," the commission said.

And why wouldn't the regime do just that. It's not like the United States, and the rest of the world, has shown much interest in holding the Castros accountable for how it treats the Cuban people. In fact, with a presidential visit, the loosening of what's left of the so-called "embargo" and other moves, the U.S. has rewarded the dictatorship as it has doubled down on its bad behavior.

According to the commission, there were at least 1,380 arrests in April. That was only the third-highest monthly count this year -- but the fourth-highest since January 2014, an indicator of how much repression has spiked in recent months as ties between the U.S. and Cuba have gotten closer.

At the current average pace of 1,338 arrests per month, by some time in July the dictatorship will break the record of 8,899 arrests set in 2014, according to the human rights commission.

For details on each arrest in April, read the commission's report here.