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FROM
CUBA
Policemen try to rundown independent journalist
SANTA CLARA, Cuba, August 29 (Guillermo
Fariñas, Cubanacán Press /
www.cubanet.org) - Independent journalist
Bernardo Arévalo Padrón was
almost hit last week by a motorcycle carrying
two members of the police force.
"I was riding my bicycle, as I always
do, when I saw a Suzuki motorcycle had turned
around and was heading towards me in the
wrong direction on a one-way street,"
Arévalo Padrón said. "I
instinctively dove for the sidewalk.
Arévalo Padrón, director
of the Línea Sur Press, said he identified
the driver of the motorcycle as a lieutenant
named Roberto and that the passenger as
Captain Pedro Méndez Fundora, both
members of the political police.
The incident occurred at 10 a.m. on Céspedes
Street. Several people witnessed the incident.
Arévalo Padrón is a former
political prisoner who served a six-year
sentence.
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