Yosvani Anzardo Hernández
Cuban independent newspaper editor Yosvani Anzardo Hernández, a veteran of the repressive ways of the Cuban dictatorship towards the independent media, was arrested Friday, June 26, at the airport in Holguín, in eastern Cuba, after arriving on a flight from Havana, according to a report from his newspaper posted at Payo Libre.
Anzardo and activist Marco Antonio Lima Dalmau were detained at the airport and taken to the El Tamarindo jail. Lima was released a short time later, but as of early Saturday afternoon, there was no information on Anzardo's whereabouts, according to the report. There also was no information on why Anzardo and Lima were arrested.
Anazardo, formerly a member of the Youth Without Censorship news agency, has been targeted by the regime since at least 2007. In February of that year, police ransacked his house, purportedly looking for "enemy propaganda."
Six months later, in August, Anzardo and two other activists were detained and warned that if they did not cease their anti-government activism, they risked being sentenced to a long prison term.
Family members and other anti-government officials, according to the Payo Libre report, vowed to press officials for Anzardo's release.
Anzardo and activist Marco Antonio Lima Dalmau were detained at the airport and taken to the El Tamarindo jail. Lima was released a short time later, but as of early Saturday afternoon, there was no information on Anzardo's whereabouts, according to the report. There also was no information on why Anzardo and Lima were arrested.
Anazardo, formerly a member of the Youth Without Censorship news agency, has been targeted by the regime since at least 2007. In February of that year, police ransacked his house, purportedly looking for "enemy propaganda."
Six months later, in August, Anzardo and two other activists were detained and warned that if they did not cease their anti-government activism, they risked being sentenced to a long prison term.
Family members and other anti-government officials, according to the Payo Libre report, vowed to press officials for Anzardo's release.
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