Cuban website founder denied travel permit; Uruguayan journalist threatened; more Bolivian journalists mistreated
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 6 May 2008 IAPA press release: IAPA blasts Cuban government for refusing to let award-winning blogger travel to Spain MIAMI, Florida (May 6, 2008) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) said today that the refusal of the Cuban regime to let blogger Yoani Sánchez leave the country “unmasks […]
Provincial journalist detained and expelled from Havana
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a CPJ press release: CUBA: Provincial journalist detained and expelled from Havana New York, April 11, 2008 – The Committee to Protect Journalists is concerned by the detention and expulsion from Havana of Camagüey-based independent journalist Ernesto Corría Cabrera this week. Corría Cabrera, a reporter for the Miami-based press agency […]
Annual Report 2008: Cuba
Annual Report 2008: Cuba
World Report 2008: Cuba
World Report 2008: Cuba
Attacks on the Press in 2007: Cuba
Attacks on the Press in 2007: Cuba
Access impeded to Internet platform hosting popular blogs, other websites
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF is concerned that Cuban Internet users face impediments when seeking access to blogs on the http://www.desdecuba.com platform that hosts, among others, one of the most popular blogs in the country, “Generación Y”, run by Yoani Sánchez. The platform has been inaccessible from public connection points in cybercafés and hotels since 20 March […]
CPJ urges release of 22 imprisoned journalists in compliance with international accords recently signed
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 28 February 2008 CPJ press release: After signing accord, Cuba should free journalists New York, February 28, 2008 – The Cuban government should release 22 imprisoned independent journalists in keeping with an international accord protecting free expression that was signed today by Foreign Minister Felipe Pérez Roque, the Committee […]
Freedom of the Press 2007: Cuba
Freedom of the Press 2007: Cuba
Four dissidents arrested during “Black Spring”, including a journalist, released
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders welcomes the release on 15 February 2008 of four dissidents who were arrested during the “Black Spring” crackdown of March 2003. They include independent journalist Alejandro González Raga, 48, who was serving a 14-year prison sentence. The four arrived in Madrid on the afternoon of 17 February. The press freedom […]
Student arrested after asking critical questions at public event
(Freedom House/IFEX) – The following is an 11 February 2008 Freedom House press release: Student Critic of Cuban Government Should be Immediately Released February 11, 2008 – The recent arrest of a young critic of the Castro regime is a blatant violation of the universal right to free speech and a stark reminder that Cuba […]
Journalist in Combinado del Sur prison on hunger strike; RSF alarmed at deteriorating health of several others
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF has reiterated its call for the release of 24 detained Cuban journalists as the population prepared to vote for – but not choose, as there is no choice – its representatives in national and provincial assembly elections to be held on 20 January 2008. In a 16 January news conference in Madrid, […]
Journalists denied permission to emigrate
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 16 November 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA calls on Cuban government to let independent journalists go Miami (November 16, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today qualified as inhumane and repressive the Cuban government’s refusal to grant exit visas to independent journalists who have resident permits in […]
Imprisoned journalist Adolfo Fernández Sainz’s health deteriorates
(IAPA/IFEX) – The following is a 22 August 2007 IAPA press release: IAPA hails release of independent journalist from prison in Cuba It renews demand for release of others still behind bars MIAMI, Florida (August 22, 2007) – The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) today welcomed the release from prison in Cuba of independent journalist […]
Journalist released after 15 months in prison
(CPJ/IFEX) – The following is a 21 August 2007 CPJ press release: Cuban journalist released after 15 months in prison New York, August 21, 2007 – The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Monday’s release of independent Cuban journalist Armando Betancourt Reina, who had been imprisoned at the Cerámica Roja Prison in the central city of […]
Independent journalist released from prison in 2006 receives new prison sentence for “illicitly” taking handkerchief signed by Fidel Castro
(RSF/IFEX) – Reporters Without Borders voiced dismay on learning that Alberto Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, an independent journalist who was released in August 2006 after spending a year in prison, was given another jail term by a Havana court on 15 August 2007 for allegedly stealing a handkerchief signed by Fidel Castro from an elderly […]
State media journalists obliged to use only government portal to go online
(RSF/IFEX) – At the behest of Communication Minister Ramiro Valdés, the Cuban Institute for Radio and Television sent a letter to the heads of state media on 13 August 2007 announcing new restrictions on their staff. They must henceforth use a portal created by the Cuban state telecommunications company, http://www.enet.cu/ , to access websites and […]