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FROM
CUBA
Police try to blackmail journalist into
not writing
HAVANA, Cuba, March 29 (Ernesto Roque,
UPECI / www.cubanet.org) - Independent journalist
Oscar Mario González, who belongs
to the Grupo de Trabajo Decoro news agency,
was offered an exit visa by police last
week if he stopped writing unfavorable articles.
González was detained in the Playa
district of the capital March 24 and taken
to police headquarters for questioning.
During the interrogation, one of the officers
told González that he had become
one of the independent journalists most
critical of the government. He said that
was the reason why the government was denying
his request for an exit visa to leave Cuba
to visit a daughter in Sweden.
"We can get you an exit permit in
less than a week, but you'll have to stop
writing," the officer told him. "It's
your fault that can't visit your daughter."
After the meeting, González said,
"This time they didn't threaten me
with 20 years in prison. They just give
me a list of all the things that I had done,
including collecting signaturas for the
Varela Project."
The Independent Union of Journalists and
Writers condemned the interrogation as attempted
blackmail.
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