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FROM
CUBA
Dissident held for 18 days after visit to
U. S. diplomatic office
HAVANA, May 25 (Reinaldo Cosano Alén
/ www.cubanet.org) - Two agents of the Department
of State Security arrested Niurkis Padrón
as she was leaving the U. S. Interests Section
in Havana and, after confiscating some books,
magazines and brochures she had received
at the diplomatic office, held her for 18
days at State Security headquarters.
Padrón is a peaceful opponent of
the government. Her husband, Virgilio Mantilla,
also a dissident, was recently sentenced
to seven years in prison.
Padrón said she had been held for
five days in a locked office and for 13
in a cell. She said she was beaten and questioned
by agents, who accused her of being a "terrorist
and a mercenary in the employ of the U.
S."
Padrón said she is a teacher and
that she hasn't worked since 2002, after
she was accused of being a terrorist and
the wife of a terrorist.
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