On 2 May 1996, Julio Suarez, in whose home was located the temporary offices of the Bureau of Independent Press in Cuba (BPIC), was arrested and taken in for questioning by Havana police. He was held for approximately ten hours at Villa Marista, the central prison of Cuban State Security, before being released. Suarez was […]
On 2 May 1996, Julio Suarez, in whose home was located the
temporary offices of the Bureau of Independent Press in Cuba
(BPIC), was arrested and taken in for questioning by Havana
police. He was held for approximately ten hours at Villa Marista,
the central prison of Cuban State Security, before being
released. Suarez was ordered to stop using his home as a shelter
for the BPIC and was also told that the BPIC should cease its
work immediately.
On 26 April, police raided the offices of the BPIC, confiscating
several papers and equipment, while on 10 January Suarez and his
wife, Aurora Diaz, were briefly detained by police (see IFEX
alerts dated 1 May and 12 January 1996, respectively).
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