Cuba: Details of the Sánchez detention emerge

Posted 7 November 2009 17:00 GMT

Countries	Cuba
Topics	Breaking News, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, Digital Activism
Languages	Spanish, English

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Français	· Cuba : Plus d'informations sur l'arrestation et la libération de la blogueuse Yoani Sánchez
Español	· Cuba: Llegan detalles de la detención de Yoani
Swahili	· Cuba: Ukweli wa Sanchez Kutiwa Mbaroni Waibuka
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The detention, beating and subsequent release of bloggers Yoaní Sánchez, Claudia Cadelo and Orlando Luis Pardo by Cuban state security on November 6, is receiving widespread coverage in both the mainstream media and the blogosphere and twittersphere. Yoaní has written (es) about the incident on Generación Y, her blog, and English-language blogs like Babalú Blog, Repeating Islands and Uncommon Sense are following the story. An audio interview (es) with Sánchez about the incident has been posted to YouTube.

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