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Public telephones stolen in Havana

The block committees in the Havana neighborhood of Arroyo Naranjo are appealing to residents to help crack down on the theft of public telephones, which totaled 57 in the first 10 days of the month.

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Típico Viejo prison under quarantine

The Típico Viejo prison in the province of Las Tunas has been put under quarantine because of an epidemic of conjunctivitis, an eye infection, that affects 30 percent of the prison polulation, according to political prisoner Alfredo Domínguez.

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Carriage driver beaten by police

Carriage driver Jorge Onelio Acosta says he was beaten by police and called a homosexual when his horse came in contact with a young boy last week.

Independent journalist told he can’t be in public plaza

Police agents arrested independent journalist Lisandro Herrera Arteta at a public festival and charged him with creating a public scandal.

Imprisoned dissident says his trial was unfair

Joel Lázaro Carbonell, president of the dissident Free Cubans organization, said from his prison cell that he was given a one-year sentence at a trial that ignored his rights.

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State Security agents beat dissident

Ernesto Rafael Mena, an ex-political prisoner and president of opposition Democratic Youth organization, says several State Security agents spotted him on the street last week and got out of their patrol car and beat him up.

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Independent journalist released after two weeks

Independent journalist Yosvani Anzardo Hernández, director of the Candonga agency, has been freed after two weeks' confinement in the Pedernales prison in Holguín province.

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Dissidents blamed for knifing

A block committee member told police he was knifed by dissidents when he tried to stop them from putting up anti-government posters in the Arroyo Naranjo district of Havana.

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Dissident parolee returned to prison

Dissident Yoel Marín, who had been free on parole, was reimprisoned on charges he was promoting the overthrow of the government.

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Dissident sentenced to one year imprisonment

A municipal court has sentenced dissident Arnaldo Herrera to one year in prison on charges he was responsible for anti-government signs put up near his home.