Yosvani Anzardo Hernández
Apparently realizing they had no evidence, and thus no case against him, Cuban police earlier this week released independent journalist Yosvani Anzardo Hernández from custody.
A report posted on Payo Libre revealed few details, except that on late Wednesday, Sept. 23, the cops brought him out of his cell, apologized for the ill treatment and drove Anzardo back to his home in San Germán, Holguín.
It does little good to speculate too much about why Anzardo was released some two weeks after his arrest; in a police state like Cuba, it's a decision that can be revoked at any time.
But the import of one fact about this case cannot be ignored: Anzardo's arrest was noticed by the international community.
I'd like to think this had something to do with this release, but more importantly, Anzardo's arrest was noted by Reporters Without Borders, one of the Castro dictatorship's most persistent critics, especially in how it treats its independent journalists and others who exercise their God-given right to free expression.
The attention had to make a difference for Anzardo.
Hopefully, that is a lesson not loss the next time the Cuban goon squad goes knocking on another journalist's door.
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