Police prevent dissident from attending meeting

Police prevent dissident from attending meeting

PINAR DEL RIO, Cuba, May 4 (Rafael Ferro Salas, Abdala Press /
www.cubanet.org) - Members of the political police took Roldeny Chávez
Montesino, 24, to the station and prevented him from attending a meeting
of the Melinda Gates Democratic Cuban Foundation, of which he's a member.

"They detained me without justification of any type and questioned me
about the meeting I was going to attend," he said. "I was going to a
course on Communication and Transition given by the Melinda Gates
Foundation."

Chávez Montesino said he has belonged to the organization for four years.

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