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{Imprisoned Cuban Journalists and Their
Sentences}
UPDATED: January 21, 2005
Photos: Courtesy of Nueva Prensa Cubana
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Ricardo González Alfonso
Province: Ciudad Habana
Independent news agency: Independent journalist, Cuba correspondent for
the Paris-based press freedom organization Reporters sans frontières (RSF)
Prison: Agüica, Matanzas
Sentence: 20 years
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Víctor Rolando Arroyo
Province:
Pinar del Río
Independent news agency: Unión de Periodistas
y Escritores de Cuba Independientes (UPECI)
Prison: Guantánamo Provincial Prison, Guantánamo
Sentence: 26 years
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 | 3.
Normando Hernández González
Province: Camagüey
Independent news agency: Colegio de
Periodistas Independientes de Camagüey (CPIC)
Prison: Kilo 5 1/2, Pinar del Río
Sentence: 25 years
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Raúl Rivero
Province: Ciudad Habana
Independent
news agency: Cuba Press
Prison: Canaleta, Ciego de Ávila
Sentence: 20 years (released on medical parole,
November 30, 2004)
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 | 5.
Oscar Espinosa Chepe
Province:
Ciudad Habana
Independent news agency: Independent journalist
Prison: Carlos J. Finlay Military Hospital, Havana
Sentence: 20 years (released on medical parole,
November 29, 2004)
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 | 6.
Julio César Gálvez
Province:
Ciudad Habana
Independent news agency: Independent journalist
Prison: La Pendiente Prison, Villa Clara
Sentence: 15 years
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Edel José García
Province:
Ciudad Habana
Independent news agency: Centro Norte del País
(CNP)
Prison: Prison hospital, Combinado del Este, Ciudad
Habana
Sentence: 15 years (released on medical parole,
December 2, 2004)
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 | 8.
Adolfo Fernández Saínz
Province:
Ciudad Habana
Independent news agency: Patria
Prison: Holguín
Provincial Prison, Holguín
Sentence: 15 years
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Jorge Olivera Castillo
Province:
Ciudad Habana
Independent news agency: Havana Press
Prison: Hospital Provincial, Guantánamo
Sentence: 18 years (released on medical parole,
December 6, 2004)
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 | 10.
Omar Rodríguez Saludes
Province: Ciudad Habana
Independent news agency: Nueva Prensa Cubana
Prison: Agüica, Matanzas
Sentence: 27 years
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 | 11.
Manuel Vázquez Portal
Province:
Ciudad Habana
Independent news agency: Grupo de Trabajo Decoro
Prison: Aguadores, Santiago de Cuba
Sentence: 18 years (released on medical parole,
June 23, 2004)
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 | 12.
Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez
Province: Ciudad
Habana
Independent news agency: Grupo de Trabajo Decoro
Prison: La Pendiente, Villa Clara
Sentence: 20 years
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Mijaíl Barzaga Lugo
Province: Ciudad Habana
Independent news agency: Agencia Noticiosa Cubana (ANC)
Prison: Villa Clara Provincial Prison, Villa Clara
Sentence: 15 years
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Carmelo Díaz Fernández
Province:
Ciudad Habana
Independent news agency: Agencia de Prensa Sindical Independiente
de Cuba (APSIC)
Prison: Guanajay Prison
Sentence: 16 years (released on medical parole,
June 18, 2004)
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Pedro Argüelles Morán
Province:
Ciego de Ávila
Independent news agency: Cooperativa Avileña
de Periodistas Independientes (CAPI)
Prison: Nieves Morejón, Sancti Spíritus
Sentence: 20 years
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Pablo Pacheco Ávila
Province:
Ciego de Ávila
Independent news agency: CAPI
Prison: Morón Prison, Ciego de Ávila
Sentence: 20 years
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Alejandro González Raga
Province: Camagüey
Independent news agency: independent journalist
Prison: Canaleta,
Ciego de Ávila
Sentence: 14 years
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Alfredo Pulido López
Province:
Camagüey
Independent news agency: El Mayor
Prison: Kilo 7, Camagüey
Sentence: 14 years
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Mario Enrique Mayo
Province: Camagüey
Independent news agency: Félix Varela
Prison: Mar Verde, Santiago de Cuba
Sentence: 20 years
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Fabio Prieto Llorente
Province: Isla de la Juventud
Independent news agency: Independent journalist
Prison: Kilo 8, Camagüey
Sentence: 20 years
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Iván Hernández Carrillo
Province: Matanzas
Independent news agency: Patria
Prison: Cuba Sí Prison, Holguín
Sentence: 25 years in prison
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José Luis García Paneque
Province: Las Tunas
Independent news agency: Libertad
Prison: Cuba Sí Prison, Holguín
Sentence: 24 years
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 | 23.
Juan Carlos Herrera
Province: Guantánamo
Independent
news agency: Agencia de Prensa Libre Oriental (APLO)
Prison: Kilo 7, Camagüey
Sentence: 20 years
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 | 24.
Miguel Galván Gutiérrez
Province:
Habana
Independent news agency: Havana Press
Prison: Agüica,
Matanzas
Sentence: 26 years
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 | 25. José
Ubaldo Izquierdo
Province: Habana
Independent news
agency: Grupo de Trabajo Decoro
Prison: Guanajay Prison, Habana Province
Sentence: 16 years
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 | 26.
Léster Luis González Pentón
Province: Villa Clara
Independent news agency: Independent journalist,
Movimiento Democracia
Prison: Villa Clara Provincial Prison, Villa Clara
Sentence:
20 years
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 | 27.
Omar Ruiz Hernández
Province: Villa
Clara
Independent news agency: Grupo de Trabajo Decoro
Prison: Canaleta Prison, Ciego de Ávila
Sentence: 18 years
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28. José Ramón
Gabriel Castillo
Province:
Santiago de Cuba
Independent news agency: Instituto Cultura y Democracia
(ICD Press)
Prison: Villa Clara Provincial Prison, Villa Clara
Sentence: 20 years
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29. Alfredo Felipe Fuentes
Province: Habana
Independent news agency: independent journalist
Prison: Guamajal, Villa Clara
Sentence: 26 years
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Sources:
Committee to Protect Journalists; Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National
Reconciliation (Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación
Nacional, CCDHRN); Cubanet; Nueva Prensa Cubana.
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