FROM
CUBA
Police take census of prostitutes and
homosexuals in Havana
HAVANA, Cuba, February 25 (Amarilis Cortina
Rey, Cuba Verdad / www.cubanet.org) Police
in the town of Managua, on the outskirts
of Havana, are taking a census of prostitutes
and homosexuals.
Manuel, a homosexual who lives in Managua,
said the police sector chief, one William
Hernández, showed up at his home
and took down personal information on himself
and his parents. Manuel said the officer
told him: "This is an order from above,
for all those like you, male and female,
and prostitutes."
Police started the census after a visible
increase in their presence in the town.
They are now patrolling in groups of threes
and fours.
One officer told this reporter that the
new measures resulted from the increase
in crime in the area, and that they "would
put everything in order."
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