Independent journalist released after three days in detention

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Reporters Without Borders (RSF)

3 November 2003

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(RSF/IFEX) – Abel Escobar Ramírez of the independent news agency Cuba Press was released on 1 November 2003. He had been arrested on 29 October near the central town of Morón. No details are currently available about the circumstances of his release.

(RSF/IFEX) – Abel Escobar Ramírez of the independent news agency Cuba Press was released on 1 November 2003. He had been arrested on 29 October near the central town of Morón. No details are currently available about the circumstances of his release.

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