1.0Committee to Protect Journalistshttps://cpj.orgCPJ Staffhttps://cpj.org/author/john/Attacks on the Press 2000: Cuba - Committee to Protect Journalistsrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="72OtLb3uUp"><a href="https://cpj.org/2001/03/attacks-on-the-press-2000-cuba/">Attacks on the Press 2000: Cuba</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://cpj.org/2001/03/attacks-on-the-press-2000-cuba/embed/#?secret=72OtLb3uUp" width="600" height="338" title="“Attacks on the Press 2000: Cuba” — Committee to Protect Journalists" data-secret="72OtLb3uUp" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript">
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IN A COUNTRY WHOSE CONSTITUTION AND PENAL CODE specifically disallow press freedom, independent journalists continued to face repression from the Cuban government last year. Yet their ranks have grown steadily, and there are now about 20 independent news agencies in the country. In early 2001, a particularly courageous independent journalist saw the outside of a…https://cpj.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/cpj-logo.png24001260