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• Aspiring Cuban journalist Adiet Conde Sotolongo arrested by Castro police

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  Adiet Conde Sotolongo

  For at least the second time this month, Cuban journalism student Adiet Conde Sotolongo was arrested Thursday in Havana, according to a report posted on Facebook by exiled Cuban journalist/blogger Luis Felipe Rojas.

  Ives González Roca, a friend and fellow student who witnessed the arrest, said Conde [...]

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• Cuban dissidents say police attacks show Castro regime's nervousness

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  The Cuban secret police on Thursday apparently targeted two of the island's most prominent dissidents.

  The Miami Herald/El Nuevo Herald report:

  Cuban human rights activist Elizardo Sánchez Santa Cruz says the secret police harassed him for the first time in 20 years, and dissident Guillermo Fariñas says they hit him, in [...]

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• In interview, dissident Antonio Rodiles says 'violence is the enemy' of change in Cuba

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  Antonio Rodiles, after his release from jail earlier this week.

  Cuban dissident Antonio Rodiles was released earlier this month after 19 days in jail.

  In an interview with Cafe Fuerte, and translated by Translating Cuba, Rodles reflects on his experience:

  After 19 days of detention in a police [...]

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• Cuban labor activist Ulises Gonzalez sentenced to 2 years in prison for 'social dangerousness'

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  Ulises Gonzalez

  In Cuba, nothing is more dangerous to the Castro dictatorship than a Cuban who rejects the regime and goes their own way.

  The regime even invented a "crime" with which it can label -- and imprison -- anyone who rejects and/or challenges its [...]

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• Reporters Without Borders features Cuban journalist on new website

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  Ricardo Gonzalez

  On its new website, We Fight Censorship, Reporters Without Borders features Cuban independent journalist Ricardo Gonzalez, a former prisoner of conscience:

  Launched in 2002, De Cuba was the first independant magazine ever created under Fidel Castro's rule. It was revived as a bimonthly in 2002 by [...]

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• Cuban dissident Antonio Rodiles released from jail

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  Antonio Rodiles

  The release of Cuban dissident Antonio Rodiles after his unjust arrest 2 1/2 weeks ago is a victory not only for Rodiles and for his family, but for all on the island and overseas fighting for a free Cuba.

  Rodiles' arrest on Nov. 7 sparked an international campaign to' [...]

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• 7 Cuban independent journalists arrested near U.S. Interest Section in Havana

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  One of the more noble efforts of American diplomats in Havana is how they open the doors of the U.S. Interest Section to Cuban dissidents. For instance, for several years the Interest Section has hosted journalism courses, offered via teleconference by Florida International University, for Cuban independent journalists.

  Of course, that [...]

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• Amnesty International demands release of Cuban political prisoner Antonio Rodiles

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  Updated, Nov. 29, 2012 -- Antonio Rodiles was released from jail on Nov. 26, 2012.

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  Antonio Rodiles

  Cuban dissident Antonio Rodiles remains the only dissident still in jail after a crackdown last week.

  Amnesty International is demanding his release:

  A coordinator of a civil [...]

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• Freedom House condemns wave of arbitrary arrests in Cuba

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  From Freedom House:

  As the world’s eyes were turned on the U.S. election, Cuba’s regime unleashed a wave of arbitrary detentions, arresting 20-25 dissidents on November 8 and 9, as they were on their way to an organizing meeting for a campaign to end human rights abuses in Cuba. These [...]

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• Cuban political prisoner Calixto Ramon Martinez starts hunger strike

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  Cuban independent journalist Calixto Ramon Martinez, in jail since Sept. 16, has started a hunger strike to protest poor living conditions and other mistreatment he has suffered since being transferred this past Saturday at el Combinando del Este in Havana.

  When Martinez arrived at the prison, guards [...]

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