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SANTA CLARA, March 20 (Omar Ruiz Hernández, Grupo Decoro /
www.cubanet.org) - A growing number of people here are complaining police are
putting pressure on those who don't hold a government job, raising fears that
the government is trying to revive the anti-Vagrancy laws that held sway in the
1970s.
Jorge Rojo Arias is an electrical engineer who quit his job at the Planta
Mecánica iron works in 1992 because his salary did not cover his basic
needs, was called in by the Santa Clara 3rd police unit March 14, and given an
official warning for being idle.
Rojas says the officer who questioned him did not accept his explanation
that he works in his father's farm and also performs occasional contract work
for government entities.
Dozens of men, mostly young, were also called in by police for the same
reasons. They were all warned that if they continued unemployed [in Cuba, the
government is the only employer] they could be tried under the so-called "Dangerousness
Act" and sent to jail for years.
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