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June 4, 2002



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Pentecostal pastor banishes government opponent

PINAR DEL RIO, June 1 (Víctor Rolando Arroyo, UPECI / www.cubanet.org) - Pastor Rubén Odio Aldana has barred a government opponent from attending services at the Getsemani Pentecostal Church in Las Martinas, Pinar del Río province.

The opponent, Luis Enrique González, 31, said he was headed to the church recently when Pastor Odio barred him from entering, telling him the prohibition was due to his stance against the government.

"González has belonged to the congregation for more than two years and he has never linked his political and religious activities," said Horacio Piña, a human rights activist in the area.

Several anti-government activists agreed that Pastor Odio must have been pressured by the Department of State Security, which arrested González for several hours May 18.


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