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• Calixto Ramon Martinez, Cuban Political Prisoner of the Week, 9/30/12

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  A version of this post appeared on Uncommon Sense earlier this month.

  Cuban independent journalist Calixto Martinez faces up to three years in prison on a charge of "disrespecting the figures of Fidel and Raul Castro" -after he was arrested Sept. 16 at Jose Marti International Airport.

  Martinez, 42, a [...]

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• Facebook page set up to rally support for imprisoned Cuban journalist Calixto Martinez

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  A new Facebook page has been set up to rally support for imprisoned Cuban journalist Calixto Ramon Martinez, who was arrested Sept. 16 and now faces a charge of "insulting Fidel and Raul Castro. Conviction could mean up to 3 years in prison.

  In fact, Martinez is in jail because" [...]

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• Cuban Ladies In White plead for your support

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  The Damas De Blanco, or "Ladies In White," are pleading for the world to come to their support, in the wake of a vicious crackdown on group members in the past several days:

  To: Human Rights Organizations Worldwide

  To: International Community

  To: Amnesty International

  The Movement Ladies in White Laura Pollán makes an urgent appeal to [...]

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• Cuba's youngest political prisoner on hunger strike, sews his mouth shut

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  Gerardo Terrero Sarrión
  
  

  Gerardo Terrero Sarrión, 18, is Cuba's youngest political prisoner, facing a charge of "assault" after he got into an argument with a communist official in more in mid-July.

  With nothing left to fight back with except for with his life, Terrero, who is being held at the [...]

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• Amnesty International calls for release of jailed Cuban Ladies In White, other dissidents

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  In recent days, repression in Cuba has has hit a fevered pitch, with the Castro dictatorship especially targeting the Damas De Blanco, or "Ladies In White," for special attention. Because nothing scares a cowardly regime like the Castro dictatorship like a bunch of women who want to gather together to [...]

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• Reporters Without Borders calls for release of Cuban independent journalist Calixto Martinez

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  Reporters Without Borders (RSF) this week called for the release of Cuban independent journalist Calixto Ramon Martinez, who was arrested Sept. 16 and faces up to three years in prison on a charge of "insulting the president."

  In reality, Martinez is in trouble because he was doing his job [...]

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• Cuban prisoners of conscience on hunger strike to protest arrest of their parents

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  Adísnidia Cruz Segreo and Marco Antonio Lima Dalmao (CIHPRESS.com photo)

  Cuban prisoners of conscience Marco Maykel and Antonio Michael Lima Cruz this week declared themselves on hunger strike to protest the arrests of their parents, according to the Hablemos Press news agency.

  Adisnidia Cruz Segreo, a member of the Cuban [...]

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• InterAmerican Press Association protests arrest of Cuban independent journalist

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  The InterAmerican Press Association on Friday protested the arrest earlier this week of Cuban independent journalist Calixto Ramon Martinez, who got in trouble, apparently, for doing his job too well:

  A  charge of criminal contempt brought against Cuban independent journalist Calixto Martínez Arias for warning about cases of cholera [...]

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• Detained Cuban independent journalist faces up to 3 years in prison

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  Calixto Martinez

  Cuban independent journalist Calixto Martinez faces up to three years in prison on a charge of "disrespecting the figures of Fidel and Raul Castro" -- yes, in Cuba that is an actual crime -- after he was arrested Sunday night at Jose Marti International Airport.

  Martinez, [...]

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• Yoani Sanchez on hunger strikers: Cuba needs them to survive

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  From Yoani Sanchez's Generation Y blog:

  The light is dim, the room narrow, the murmur of Santo Suarez seeps through the walls. On the bed is a bone-thin woman with freezing hands and a barely audible voice. Martha Beatriz Roque declared a hunger strike a week ago. I’ve come [...]

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