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• Sara Martha Fonseca and Julio Ignacio Leon, Cuban Political Prisoners of the Week, 10/2/11

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  This post will remain at the top of the page through Friday, events allowing. To read newer posts, scroll down. And for more news about Cuban political prisoners and other news and information about Cuba, follow Uncommon Sense on Twitter @marcmasferrer.

  A version of this post appeared earlier.

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• A message for the Castros: Free Sara Fonseca NOW!

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  Those Cubans imprisoned because of their politics number in the countless, men and women, old and young, each of them deserving of our sympathy and support, however we can share it.

  But tonight I asked that you remember only one name:

  Sara Martha Fonseca.

  By all [...]

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• Cuba opposition leader Yris Perez Aguilera missing after arrest

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  Cuban Democratic Directorate has some disturbing news about the apparent disappearance of three opposition activists:

  An urgent call to the international community, the diplomatic corps in Havana and the United States Congress has been issued by Cuban Resistance activist Jorge Luis García Pérez "Antúnez" in defense of his wife and [...]

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• Inter American Press Association condemns wave of repression in Cuba

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  The Inter American Press Association on Thursday condemned a wave of repression that by one count has included some 400 politically-motivated arrests in September, the most in any month in at least 10 years.

  Here is the group's report:

  Miami (September 29, 2011)—The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today condemned a [...]

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• Obama: U.S. embargo stays in place as long human rights in Cuba don't improve

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  Capitol Hill Cubans has transcript and video of an exchange today about Cuba and American policy between President Barack Obama and Hispanic journalists:

  This next question is about Cuba, and it comes from Florida: What is your position regarding Cuba and the embargo? What should the Cuban people expect from you [...]

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• Cuba activist goes to check on Sara Fonseca's husband, he gets arrested (UPDATED)

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  Cuban political prisoner Sara Martha Fonseca remains in jail Wednesday night, as a recent wave of Castroite repression continues to victimize some of the island's best-known dissidents.

  Wednesday, Fonseca's son Julito Leon Fonseca went to a Havana police station to check on his father, who also [...]

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• Cuba human rights group: 168 political arrests in first 12 days of September

  September has been a busy month for the Castro regime's secret police, with each day bringing reports of arrests, detentions, beatings, etc. of Cuban dissidents and activists.

  The Centro de Informacion Hablemos Press news agency/human rights group reports that in the first 12 days of the month, the dictatorship's security [...]

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• Arrested for commemorating the life and death of Cuban heroes

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  UPDATED, 9:40 p.m. EDT --

  Via Twitter, Luis Rojas and Rolando Rodriguez report they have been released.

  "We were arrested because we were marching while carrying a flag and singing the national anthem," Rojas tweeted. For only that, they arrested us."

  Rodriguez was similarly intransigent.

  "Cubans want freedom, and we will [...]

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• At least 130 dissidents arrested during recent crackdown in eastern Cuba

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  Last week's wave of repression in eastern Cuba, apparently sparked by plans for a nationwide march to demand freedom, has netted Castro security forces at least 130 dissidents.

  Of those, as many as 100 were detained for as many as three days, according to Elizardo Sanchez, head of the Cuban [...]

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• Cuba independent journalist/blogger Luis Felipe Rojas arrested

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  Luis Felipe Rojas, one of Cuba's leading independent journalists and bloggers was arrested Monday in Baracoa in eastern Cuba during the start of a planned nationwide march to demand freedom for the Cuban people.

  Numerous other activists were also reported under arrest.

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