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FROM
CUBA
Independent journalist sentenced to two
years of house arrest
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, November 7 (Virgilio
Delat/APLO) - Independent journalist Guillermo
Espinosa, who had been held in isolation
since his arrest two weeks ago, was sentenced
by a tribunal in Santiago to two years of
house arrest for "social dangerousness."
Espinosa, who had raised the government's
hackles by repeatedly reporting on the ongoing
dengue fever epidemic, was also told to
find a job with a government entity or risk
serving the rest of his two-year sentence
in prison. The tribunal told him his reporting
is an activity that affects the interests
of the State.
Ironically, Espinosa was fired three months
ago by the Public Health service, where
he had been working as a nurse, for his
political leanings.
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