Omar Rodríguez Saludes/CPJ Guest Blogger
Omar Rodríguez Saludes, director of the Havana-based independent news agency Nueva Prensa Cubana, was arrested in March 2003 and summarily sentenced in April to 27 years in jail. He now lives in Spain.
Unexpected departure: From jail to exile
It was about 4 in the afternoon on July 8 when the official assigned to me at Toledo Prison, where I’d been locked up for nearly five years, came running to get me. He was in such a hurry that that he tripped and almost fell to the ground. “Saludes, we’re going upstairs,” he said,…