Carlos Lauría/CPJ Americas Senior Program Coordinator and María Salazar-Ferro/Coordinator of the Impunity Campaign and Journalist Assistance Program

Carlos Lauría, CPJ's program director and senior program coordinator for the Americas, is a widely published journalist. A native of Buenos Aires, he has written extensively for Noticias, the leading Spanish-language newsmagazine. Follow him on Facebook @ CPJ en Español.

Maseda holds a document proving his release from prison next to his wife, Laura Pollán. (AP/Franklin Reyes)

After ‘trial by fire,’ Cuba’s Maseda back to journalism

Almost three weeks after being released from jail following eight years of inhumane treatment in Cuba’s infamous prison system, CPJ’s 2008 International Press Freedom award winner Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez said he is committed to going back to independent journalism. “That’s my will, and I have decided to do it here in Havana,” Maseda said in…

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