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• Cuban prisoner dies after 38 days on hunger strike

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  Cuban prison inmate Roberto Antonio Rivalta Junco died Saturday after 38 days on hunger strike to protest his innocence and his imprisonment without benefit of a trial, according to the Cuban Democratic Directorate.

  The protest was Rivalta's, but his death -- like that of thousands of Cubans before' [...]

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• Nothing scares the Castro regime like a gathering of peaceful women

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  Pedazos de la Isla has the story:

   

  Laura Pollan Toledo

  Closed streets, diverted traffic, countless police vehicles, agents dressed in civilian clothing, and a wave of arrests.  That was how the operation of the Cuban regime against the Ladies in White looked like this Wednesday, February 13th, when women from throughout all the [...]

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• Demand that Castro release Cuban prisoner of conscience Calixto Martinez NOW!

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  Five months ago today, while doing his job as an independent journalist, Calixto Ramon Martinez Arias was arrested by Cuban State Security.

  His "crime"?

  Reporting the truth about life in Cuba. First to break the story last summer about an outbreak of cholera, Martinez was arrested Sept. 16 near the Havana [...]

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• Former Cuban prisoner of conscience Pedro Arguelles arrested, threatened, released

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  Pedro Arguelles Moran

  Former prisoner of conscience Pedro Arguelles Moran, an independent journalist who served eight years in prison after he was arrested during the "black spring" of 2003, was arrested Monday while trying to report a story, according to MartiNoticias.com.

  In typical fashion for the Castro dictatorship, police [...]

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• Reporters Without Borders demands Cuba release 4 imprisoned journalists

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  If Cuba wants to be considered a full member of the international community, if it is sincere about the "dialogue" its leaders claim to seek, it must respect freedom of the press and release four journalists in jail for doing their jobs.

  That's the message from Christophe Deloire, secretary-general of Reporters Without [...]

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• Cuban independent journalist Hector Cedeño Negrin arrested for doing his job

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  Updated, Feb. 17, 2013 -- Hector Cedeño has been released.

  A version of this post appeared earlier.

  Hector Cedeño Negrin

  Every day with their work, Cuban independent journalists like Hector Cedeño Negrin put into action the long-standing axiom of their trade: Speak truth to power.

  In Cuba, those who think they have the power can't' [...]

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• Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet uncovers the truth about Cuban health care

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  Former Cuban prisoner of conscience Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet uncovers the truth about Cuban health care during an interview with human rights activist Vladimir Alejo:

  Watch more of Dr. Biscet's interviews and commentaries at RevelandoCuba.

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• Repression is off to a fast start in Cuba

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  Two Cuban human rights monitoring organizations on Monday released reports that detail how despite the near year, political repression on the island is as pervasive as ever.

  The Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation reported there were 364 political arrests in January. Although that's the lowest monthly count [...]

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• Elections in Cuba? Even Fidel Castro is confused

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  ¿Qué es esta mierda de votación?

  (What is this voting bullshit?)

  In various photos from Sunday, "Election Day" in Cuba, Fidel Castro, not of his right mind or body, appears confused about the process of voting.

  Voting? In my Cuba?

  "What is this voting bullshit" the decaying dictator seems to be mumbling.

  He may [...]

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• Congratulations to Hablemos Press on its 4th anniversary

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  One of the best online sources of information about events in Cuba today, especially the activities of anti-Castro activists and efforts by the dictatorship to stop them, is the website for the Centro de Informacion Hablemos Press, or CIHPRESS, which this weekend is celebrating its fourth anniversary.

  Despite [...]

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