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HAVANA, September 13 (Manuel David Orrio, CPI / www.cubanet.org) - The
municipal Popular Tribunal of the Isle of Youth dismissed proceedings against
independent journalist Carlos Serpa Maceira, who had been accused of not paying
a fine.
Serpa had been fined March 13 when he was covering a dissidents’
demonstration for the release of political prisoners in the Isle of Youth.
At the hearing September 12, Serpa said false documents were introduced in
evidence against him. He was accused of evading payment of a 60-peso fine.
The court dismissed the case when Serpa produced a receipt showing he had
paid the fine.
Serpa is a member of the Union of Independent Cuban Journalists and Writers
and has uncovered serious economic and social problems in the Isle of Youth.
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