AFP, via Cuba Encuentro, reports that Cuban police released about 40 dissidents who had been arrested Thursday, while trying to join a protest on behalf of Cuban political prisoners, at the Cuban Justice Ministry. The detainees were released late Thursday or early Friday.
"Some of them were beaten," said dissident leader Martha Beatriz Roque, who earlier had been detained, while conducting a sit-in in front of the Justice Ministry.
No names of those released were included in the report.
Meanwhile, the Europe-based Latin American Association for Liberty, has condemned the arrests. So has Reporters Without Borders.
Earlier: A Black September Surprise?
(Cross-posted at Babalú.)
UPDATED, 6:36 p.m. EDT
Miami Herald is reporting that all but one dissident — no name was mentioned — have been released.
Still not clear is how many dissidents were arrested. Roque tells Marti Noticias that it was at least 47. She also is quoted as reported about 200 arrests, if you count those detained elsewhere in the country.
UPDATED, 8:43 a.m. EDT, Sept. 29 About 30 dissidents were detained in Villa Clara.
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