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August 22, 2008

Antúnez, wife arrested (updated)

Former political prisoner Jorge Luis García Pérez “Antúnez”; his wife, Iris, who has had her own troubles with the Castro dictatorship; and a third dissident, Ana Margarita Perdigón, were arrested early this morning in Havana.

Their whereabouts were unknown, according to a report from former political prisoner Martha Beatriz Roque, posted at Plantados.org.

Updated, Aug. 24, 2008

Antúnez, his wife Iris and Ana Margarita Perdigón were kicked out of Havana, and sent back to to Placetas, in Villa Clara and Sancti Spiritus provinces, respectively, according to independent journalist Tania Maceda Guerra.

Posted by on August 22, 2008 at 11:52 PM in Cuba, Cuba - Political Prisoner of the Week |

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