Cuban Journalist Yoani Sánchez, Director of 14ymedio, Arrested Amid Wider Crackdown on Independent Reporting
The detention follows a week of arrests of independent journalists, with several briefly held and fined as Cuba intensifies pressure on reporters.
- State Security agents detained Yoani Sanchez in Havana on Thursday morning. Her husband, Reinaldo Escobar, announced the detention on social media shortly after she was intercepted while leaving her home.
- This arrest follows a series of detentions targeting independent journalists this week. Government agents recently detained Adelth Bonne Gamboa and Camila Acosta, both of whom were later released.
- Reporters at the independent news outlet have faced frequent short-term detentions since 2014. Her husband has been detained during significant events, including visits by Barack Obama and Pope Francis.
- "The government should immediately release her and disclose her whereabouts," said Zamora, a director for the CPJ, which condemned the arrest of the journalist.
- Officials have increasingly used privacy-related charges against independent journalists. They recently fined a contributor 3,000 pesos for social media posts, while others, including Anna Bensi, received sentences of two years of restricted liberty.
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Yoani Sánchez, one of the best-known figures of independent journalism in Cuba, and opposition movement leader Damas de Blanco, Berta Soler, were arrested this Thursday in Havana, reported media of dissent and family members.
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welingelichtekringen.nlHAVANA (ANP/AFP) - Independent journalist Yoani Sánchez, a respected reporter in Cuba, has announced that she has been released after an "arbitrary detention" of a few hours in Havana. "I have just arrived home. Thank you to everyone for your solidarity and for spreading..."
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