Friday, November 9, 2012

Cuban dissident blogger Sanchez detained, released

Posted on Friday, 11.09.12

Cuban dissident blogger Sanchez detained, released
The Associated Press

HAVANA -- Prominent dissident blogger Yoani Sanchez has been detained by
Cuban security and released after a few hours.

Sanchez was taken into custody along with as many as 20 government
opponents when they went to a police station to inquire about others who
had been arrested.

By late Thursday night she was back on Twitter. She wrote that she was
once again walking the streets of Havana after several hours of detention.

Sanchez wrote, "I am fine! Thanks for the solidarity."

The Inter American Press Association had just named Sanchez its delegate
in Cuba and demanded her release.

Brief detentions of dissidents are increasingly common in Cuba, with the
government calling them counter-revolutionaries. They are usually freed
after a few hours or up to a day or two, and driven home by police.

http://www.miamiherald.com/2012/11/09/3089172/cuban-dissident-blogger-sanchez.html

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