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CUBA
State security agents detain blind dissident
lawyer
HAVANA August 9 (Roberto Santana Rodríguez
/ www.cubanet.org) - Juan Carlos González
Leiva, a blind lawyer and president of the
Ciego de Avila chapter of the Cuban Foundation
of Human Rights, was detained by state security
agents last week while participating in
a meeting of the chapter.
According to his wife, Maritza Calderín
Columbié, an estimated 40 agents
supported by police interrupted the meeting
at 3 p.m. Saturday at the Las Mercedes ranch
in the Camaguey municipality of Florida.
She said the only person detained was her
husband, who was held overnight for questioning.
An order was issued by state security officials
barring González from traveling to
Florida. He told the agents that he did
not accept the prohibition.
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