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July 24, 2000



FROM CUBA

Pentecostal Pastor Held In Solitary Confinement

HAVANA, July 20 (Ohalys Victore, Cuba Voz) – A pastor of the United Pentecostal Church of Cuba was arrested on July 14 for "inciting to rebellion" and is being held incommunicado in the local police station in Cabaiguán, Sancti Spíritus province.

The pastor, the Rev. Ibrahim Pina Borges, had recently been fined 3,500 pesos (175 dollars) for "offering the cult to the lambs of the Lord" said his bishop, the Rev. Santos Osmani Domínguez Borjas.

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