Cuban journalist released from jail, 'deported' to E. Cuba

Calixto Martínez Arias

Cuban independent journalist Calixto Martínez Arias was released from custody June 5 after being deported from Havana to his home province of Camagüey, according to a report from Magaly Norvis, his colleague at the CIHPRESS news agency.

Martínez had been arrested May 25 while covering an opposition gathering in Havana. It was the second time he had been arrested in recent months.

If the dictatorship thinks its persecution has knocked Martínez off his beat, it is wrong.

Posted by Marc R. Masferrer on June 11, 2010 at 06:22 AM | Permalink

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