FROM
CUBA
Residents
in Cuba threatened for visiting independent library
HAVANA, Cuba, August 28 (www.cubanet.org) - Several
residents of Herradura, a small community in Pinar
del Río province, were threatened with
long prison terms August 24 by the chief of State
Security in the area.
The three men involved in this case, Francisco
Betancourt, Ramiro Gómez, and Frank Hernández,
have no previous known affiliation with any political
or dissident organizations.
The official warning given the men states they
could face "years in prison for seeking books
and magazines classified as subversive by police."
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