Lourdes Yen, executive director of the unofficial Rural Federation of Latin American Women, has been barred from leaving her hometown San Germán in Holguín province, to block her from trying to visit her husband, the detained journalist Yosvani Anzardo, according to CubaEncuentro.com.
The Cuban secret police already have cut the telephone line to Yen's residence and that of her father-in-law, and warned they would do the same if she tried to use a phone belonging to a neighbor or other family member.
Anzardo, editor of the "Candonga" digital magazine, was arrested last week. He was being held at a police station in city of Holguín, but as of Saturday no formal charges had been filed against them.
In addition to its own resources, the Cuban police are using the local Committee in Defense of the Revolution — the neighborhood snitch squad — to keep an eye on Yen and to try to intimidate her. The goons moved in on Yen's residence after she put up a sign declaring, "Free Yosvani Anazardo."
To defuse a potentially dangerous situation, Yen took down the sign, but reports were that police agents and their flunkies with the CDR were keeping a close watch on Yen.
CubaEncuentro.com also reported that family members have been able to take to the Holguín jail food for Anzardo, but so far they have not been allowed to see him.
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