(RSF/IFEX) – RSF welcomes the news that Ahmed Rodríguez Albacia of the Jóvenes sin Censura independent news agency was released on 12 December 2006 after being held for eight days at the headquarters of the Directorate for State Security, the political police, in Havana. Aged 22, Rodríguez said he was escorted back to his home […]
(RSF/IFEX) – RSF welcomes the news that Ahmed Rodríguez Albacia of the Jóvenes sin Censura independent news agency was released on 12 December 2006 after being held for eight days at the headquarters of the Directorate for State Security, the political police, in Havana.
Aged 22, Rodríguez said he was escorted back to his home in Havana by two State Security agents – Captain “Águila” and Officer “Eliécer” – who warned him he would remain under surveillance for “disseminating false news that threatened international peace.” He was arrested in a raid on his home on 4 December in which agents seized his equipment and files.
For further information, contact Benoît Hervieu at RSF, 5, rue Geoffroy Marie, Paris 75009, France, tel: +33 1 44 83 84 68, fax: +33 1 45 23 11 51, e-mail: ameriques@rsf.org, Internet: http://www.rsf.org
