For jailing journalists, Cuba is the little island that can

Dan Christensen wrote:
On May 30, 12:58 pm, PL <pl.nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
Dan Christensen wrote:
On May 29, 5:32 pm, PL <pl.nos...@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
For jailing journalists, Cuba is the little island that can
Already debunked here.
Never "debunked".


Debunked for sure.

Never "debunked".


> These "journalists" were jailed for being> illegal paid agents of a ruthless foreign power

(snip)

a lie exposed by Amnesty International, RSF, Unesco, ...

Just how did they disprove
(snip)

They praised their standards of work, honored them as prisoners of
conscience, demanded their release, ... a complete exposure of the
regimes lies and abuses.

25 February 2004 – The Cuban journalist and poet Raúl Rivero Castañeda,
in jail since last April, was today awarded the annual Guillermo Cano
World Press Freedom Prize by the United Nations Educational, Scientific
and Cultural Organization (UNESCO).

UNESCO Director-General Koïchiro Matsuura said the award was a tribute
to Mr. Rivero's "brave and longstanding commitment to independent
reporting, the hallmark of professional journalism."

Mr. Rivero is serving a 20-year jail sentence after being found guilty
of undermining Cuba's independence or territorial integrity. He and 25
other journalists were given lengthy prison terms in April last year,
one month after they were arrested by Cuban authorities as part of a
general crackdown on dissidents.

Dr. Matsuura called on Cuba to free Mr. Rivero – who is reported to be
suffering circulatory problems in a prison in the country's east – and
the other jailed journalists.

Jamaica's Oliver Clarke, chairman of an international jury of media
professionals which awarded the 2004 World Press Freedom Prize to Mr.
Rivero, said he hoped the honour would encourage Cuba to respect the
right of freedom of expression.

UNESCO said today that Mr. Rivero has endured sustained harassment from
the government since he left the State-controlled media in 1988. This
has included several interrogations, detentions and restrictions on his
movements.

Mr. Rivero founded the Cuba Press independent news agency in 1995 and
the first independent association of Cuban journalists in 2001. He has
also conducted training workshops for other journalists and helped
publish the magazine De Cuba.

The $25,000 World Press Freedom Prize, created in 1997, is named in
honour of Guillermo Cano, a Colombian journalist who was murdered in
1987 after he denounced the activities of the country's drug barons.

UNESCO awards press freedom laurel to jailed Cuban journalist (1 June 2009)

http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=9879&Cr=UNESCO&Cr1=


UNESCO Award goes to Jailed Cuban Journalist
http://freerangelibrarian.com/2004/03/24/unesco-award-goes-to-jailed-cuban-journalist/

CPJ petitioners urge Castro to free journalists
http://www.unhcr.org/refworld/type,COUNTRYNEWS,,CUB,496b6e89c,0.html

Cuban named 'journalist of year'
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7765945.stm

Cuba prohibits journalist's NY trip for award
http://www.fiu.edu/~fcf/riveroref.html

Attacks on the Press in 2008: Cuba
http://www.cpj.org/2009/02/attacks-on-the-press-in-2008-cuba.php

Thanks for showing all what a "red fascist" you are, Dan Christensen.

PL
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