On the morning of 31 May 1996, two members of the Cuban state security police went to the home of Joaquin Torres Alvarez, president of the independent news agency Havana Press, and threatened to incarcerate him if he continued to write for the agency. Torres told the Committee to Protect Journalists that police initially informed […]
On the morning of 31 May 1996, two members of the Cuban state
security police went to the home of Joaquin Torres Alvarez,
president of the independent news agency Havana Press, and
threatened to incarcerate him if he continued to write for the
agency. Torres told the Committee to Protect Journalists that
police initially informed him that he had received authorization
to emigrate and should prepare to leave the country. Torres, who
said he never sought to emigrate, told the authorities that he had
no intention of leaving Cuba. Torres faces up to 14 years in
prison on pending charges of conspiracy, enemy propaganda and
distributing false information.
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