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CUBA
Peaceful ceremony classified as terrorist
act by policea
HAVANA, April 13 (Ernesto Roque Cintero
/ www.cubanet.org) - Agents of the Department
of State Security told a group of dissidents
planning a quiet ceremony for April 11 in
commemoration of three youths executed by
the government last year that the ceremony
would be considered a "terrorist act"
and that participants would be punished
accordingly.
On April 9, two uniformed officers were
posted at the private home in the town of
Regla, across the bay from Havana, where
the ceremony was to have been held.
On the afternoon of the same day, police
called one of the event's promoters, Pedro
Pablo Valdés, to the Regla police
station. Once there, a captain Eduardo and
a major Osmani told Valdés that the
activity would be considered a terrorist
act, that all participants would suffer
the consequences of attending, and that
the owner of the home would be sent to a
shelter.
In addition, Valdés' wife, Idanis
del Rosario, said an independent journalist,
Richard Roselló, had been detained
by officers of the Ministry of the Interior
and had been forced to leave the town, where
he had been living since being evicted from
his previous home.
Promoters eventually suspended the event
due to a strong military presence deployed
around the home, said Zenaida Ramos, the
owner.
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