Independent journalist sentenced to two years of house arrest

Independent journalist sentenced to two years of house arrest

SANTIAGO DE CUBA, November 7 (Virgilio Delat/APLO) - Independent
journalist Guillermo Espinosa, who had been held in isolation since his
arrest two weeks ago, was sentenced by a tribunal in Santiago to two
years of house arrest for "social dangerousness."

Espinosa, who had raised the government's hackles by repeatedly
reporting on the ongoing dengue fever epidemic, was also told to find a
job with a government entity or risk serving the rest of his two-year
sentence in prison. The tribunal told him his reporting is an activity
that affects the interests of the State.

Ironically, Espinosa was fired three months ago by the Public Health
service, where he had been working as a nurse, for his political leanings.

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