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CUBA
NEWS
The
Miami Herald
Cuban leaders seize dissident's documents
Posted on Fri, Dec. 24,
2004.
HAVANA - (AP) -- Just hours after moderate
dissidents launched a new magazine, the
Cuban government retaliated by confiscating
various books and written documents, one
of the dissidents said Thursday.
Manuel Cuesta Morua, a well-known intellectual
who helped present the magazine Consensus
Tuesday, said authorities entered the house
of his former partner that night and took
all of the books, writings and computer
discs he had left there.
''It's a clear and direct message of intolerance,''
Cuesta Morua said in a statement.
According to the activist, authorities
presented a search warrant and said they
took the belongings ''to look for counterrevolutionary
literature.'' They said they believed there
were documents connected to U.S. institutions,
he said.
Dozens of dissidents arrested in a government
crackdown last year were accused of accepting
money from U.S. officials to undermine the
island's government -- a charge the activists
and Washington denied.
Consensus was presented in the headquarters
of a state-owned construction company, which
was unusual for a dissident activity. Government
opponents generally don't hold public gatherings,
especially not in state-controlled offices.
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