(WiPC/IFEX) – The following is a correction to the WiPC Cuba alert issued on 17 January 2002. WiPC regrets the error: Contrary to the information contained in a WiPC Cuba alert issued on the IFEX network on 17 January 2002, WiPC of International PEN regrets to report that Bernardo Arévalo Padron continues to serve his […]
(WiPC/IFEX) – The following is a correction to the WiPC Cuba alert issued on 17 January 2002. WiPC regrets the error:
Contrary to the information contained in a WiPC Cuba alert issued on the IFEX network on 17 January 2002, WiPC of International PEN regrets to report that Bernardo Arévalo Padron continues to serve his six-year sentence handed down in 1997 on charges of having produced “enemy propaganda”.
WiPC issued the original report having received rumours concerning the journalist’s release, which were confirmed by reliable sources within Cuba. Unfortunately, despite their best intentions, it has since become clear that these sources were themselves the victims of misinformation.
WiPC apologises for unwittingly having given the rumours credence. The organisation also takes this opportunity to call upon the Cuban government to release Bernardo Arévalo Padron. The journalist became eligible for conditional release in October 2001, having served half his sentence.
Recommended Action
Send appeals to the president:
– calling for Arévalo Padron’s immediate release
Appeals To
His Excellency Fidel Castro Ruíz
President of Cuba
c/o Cuban Mission to the United Nations
New York, NY
USA
Fax: +1 212 779 1697
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