**For background to previous harassment of Olance Nogueras, see IFEX alert dated 23 January 1996, and others** On 23 April 1996, Olance Nogueras, a reporter for the Bureau of Independent Press in Cuba (BPIC), was detained by agents of the political police in the city of Cienfuegos as he was on his way to meet […]
**For background to previous harassment of Olance Nogueras,
see IFEX alert dated 23 January 1996, and others**
On 23 April 1996, Olance Nogueras, a reporter for the Bureau of
Independent Press in Cuba (BPIC), was detained by agents of the
political police in the city of Cienfuegos as he was on his way
to meet with Danielle Mitterand, president of the humanitarian
organization France Liberte. According to colleagues, Nogueras is
being held at National Police Headquarters in Cienfuegos.
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