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Independent Journalism Seeks to Revive Press Freedom

Published May 16, 2017 | By Libertad

Independent Journalism Seeks to Revive Press Freedom / Iván García Iván García, 3 May 2017 — Let’s step back in time. One morning in 1985, Yndamiro Restano Díaz, a thirty-seven-year-old journalist with Radio Rebelde, took out an old Underwood and wrote a clandestine broadsheet entitled “Nueva Cuba.” After distributing the single-page, handmade newspaper up and […] Continue reading →

Posted in Black spring, Censorship, Dissident, Economy, Exile, Freedom, Human Rights, Internet, Journalist, Political prisoner, Prison, Prisoner of Conscience, Repression | Tagged arrested, bus, dissident, economy, expression, freedom, hospital, Human Rights, internet, journalist, police, political prisoner, president, prison, prisoner, prisoner of conscience, Varela | Leave a comment

Interview with El Sexto (Danilo Maldonado) in San Francisco

Published May 10, 2017 | By Libertad

Interview with El Sexto (Danilo Maldonado) in San Francisco Danilo “El Sexto” Maldonado is in San Francisco, planning for the opening of his art exhibit, “Angels and Demons,” at the Immersive ART LAB, 3255A Third Street, May 11, 6-10pm. His exhibit is sponsored by the Human Rights Foundation as part of its Art in Protest […] Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Economy, Exile, Freedom, Human Rights, Internet, Journalist, Political prisoner, Prison, Repression | Tagged economy, freedom, Human Rights, internet, journalist, police, political prisoner, president, prison, prisoner, travel, Venezuela | Leave a comment

Dozens Of Ladies In White Arrested On The 100th Day Of TodosMarchamos

Published May 9, 2017 | By Libertad

Dozens Of Ladies In White Arrested On The 100th Day Of TodosMarchamos 14ymedio, Havana, 8 May 2017 – At least 38 Ladies in White were arrested this Sunday in Havana, Matanzas, Guantanamo, Ciego de Avila and Santa Clara, during the 100th day of the #TodosMarchamos (We All March) campaign for the release of Cuba’s political […] Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Dissident, Human Rights, Ladies in White, Political prisoner, Repression | Tagged act of repudiation, arrested, dissident, European Union, Human Rights, police, political prisoner, prisoner, Spain | Leave a comment

Cuban student arrested after trip to Washington

Published May 6, 2017 | By Libertad

Cuban student arrested after trip to Washington by Diana Chandler, posted Friday, May 05, 2017 SANTA CLARA, Cuba (BP) — Religious liberty leaders are interceding on behalf of a college student interrogated, threatened and charged with public disorder by the Cuban government because of his work to expose Christian persecution there. Felix Yuniel Llerena López, […] Continue reading →

Posted in Church, Dissident, Freedom, Human Rights, Political prisoner, Repression, United States | Tagged airport, arrested, freedom, Human Rights, persecution, political prisoner, prisoner | Leave a comment

'We have an advantage. We're not scared.' A former political prisoner to run in the 'elections'

Published April 12, 2017 | By Libertad

‘We have an advantage. We’re not scared.’ A former political prisoner to
run in the ‘elections’
YUSIMÍ RODRÍGUEZ LÓPEZ | La Habana | 12 de Abril de 2017 – 12:10 CEST.

‘We will take the voter’s voice wherever necessary’, says José Díaz Silva.

For his anti-Government activism José Díaz Silva has received four jail
sentences totaling 16 years. He is… Continue reading →

Posted in CDR, Dissident, Food, Human Rights, MININT, Political prisoner, United States | Tagged CDR, customs, dissident, Fidel Castro, food, Human Rights, police, political prisoner, president, prisoner, Varela, Zapata | Leave a comment

“The Politician Of The Week,” A Citizens’ Initiative

Published April 11, 2017 | By Libertad

“The Politician Of The Week,” A Citizens’ Initiative

14ymedio, Reinaldo Escobar, Havana, 10 April 2017 — Facing the times
that we live in can be an unpleasant task. And doing it without
discrimination based on ideological viewpoints and with immediacy, takes
visions of daring. This is the challenge that the Center for the
Application of Political Marketing and Political assumes… Continue reading →

Posted in Dissident, Journalist, Political prisoner, Prisoner of Conscience, Repression | Tagged journalist, judge, political prisoner, president, prisoner, prisoner of conscience, university | Leave a comment