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CPJ Statement: Cuba must
let journalists into the country
Committee
to Protect Journalists.
New York, August 3, 2006-The Committee
to Protect Journalists called on Cuban authorities
to allow foreign journalists into the country
after a group of foreign journalists attempting
to enter Cuba were turned back at the airport
yesterday.
"We call on Cuban authorities to let
journalists to do their work without harassment
or obstruction," said Americas program
coordinator Carlos Lauría. "It
is critical that foreign journalists be
allowed into Cuba to report the news on
the handover of power by Castro, a story
of global importance. We are also troubled
by reports that Cuba is denying requests
for journalist's visas."
CPJ is a New York-based, independent,
nonprofit organization that works to safeguard
press freedom around the world.
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