Cuba
Fabio Prieto Llorente was arrested on March 2003 during an unprecedented
crackdown launched by the Cuban government, and sentenced to 20 years in
prison for "damaging the independence and territorial integrity of the
Cuban state".
He began working as a journalist in 1997 at the Havana Press news
agency. In the last two years before his arrest, he worked as a
freelance journalist and founded the Agencia de Prensa Independiente de
la Isla de Pinos (or Isla de la Juventud), which is his home area.
Fabio Prieto Llorente was first detained at the Kilo 8 prison in
Camagüey in the east of the country, more than 600 km from Isla de la
Juventud, where his family lives. He was transferred on 18 January 2006
to El Guayabo prison on the Isle of Youth, which is where he is from. He
has regularly been put into solitary confinement, and since the start of
his imprisonment has gone on hunger strike several times to protest
against his prison conditions. He also protested against ill-treatment,
poor food, and being denied the right to exercise or go out into the
fresh air for several days at a time.
The journalist state of health has seriously worsened since the
beginning of 2005. He has a number of health problems for which he
receives no treatment and the deteriorating conditions in prison, the
dampness of his cell and the lack of even minimum hygiene have given
rise to fears for his life.
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Spain : Vocento, Onda Cerro
Belgium: Métro, Journal des enfants/Coup d'oeil
Canada : Le Journal de Montréal, The Link, Toronto Sun, La Grande Epoque
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