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Tuesday, November 13, 2012

Wave of journalistic arrests in Cuba

Wave of journalistic arrests in Cuba

Journalists have been detained in a wave of arrests in Cuba. They
included Yaremis Flores, who is also a lawyer, Guillermo Fariñas and
Iván Hernández Carrillo. A group of bloggers such as Yoani Sánchez,
Orlando Luís Pardo, Eugenio Leal, Julio Aleaga, Angel Santiesteban and
Laritza Diversent, were later arrested for staging a protest against the
detentions.

Flores has been charged with "disseminating false news" that harms the
"international peace" or the "prestige" of the Cuban state. If found
guilty, she faces up to four years in prison.

Her "crime" is to have reported on the recent detentions of journalists
and to have detailed local criticism of the government's response to
hurricane Sandy in articles published by the Miami-based news website
Cubanet.

Yoani Sánchez, a world press freedom hero, took to Twitter after being
released. She tweeted: "When will this absurdity end?"

Sources: IPI/CPJ

http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/greenslade/2012/nov/13/press-freedom-cuba

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