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Cuban independent journalist Dania Virgen Garca is arrested,
tried and sentenced
by Segundo Miranda,President of the Center for Human Rights
& Democracy Brigade 2506
April 24, 2010
Photos - 1st: Dania (center) in the mass alongside other women
from the group that support the Ladies in White , 2nd: Dania
holding the symbolic gladiola walks with group who support Ladies
in White and 3rd: Dania (right)behind Laura Pollan and Berta Soler
walk along the Malecon in Havana.
We were informed last night by independent journalist Julio
Antonio Rojas Portal of the arbitrary action taken by
thedictatorship against Cuban human rights activist and independent
journalist, Dania Virgen Garca .
I asked Julio if he had news about Dania to which he replied:
Dania was tried and sentenced today (April 23) to 1year and 8
months in prison and has already been transferred to Manto Negro
Prison , Julio goes on to say this is ais another rotten deed by
the regime; State Security Forces have done this to silence those
that expose them.
It is a known fact that Dania is involved with peaceful
opposition movements and the group that supports andsympathizes
with the Ladies in White , actions that the military dictatorship
that rules Cuba today considersunacceptable. It is a direct attack
against the independent movement, which increments day-to-day and
the dictatorshipknows the harm being done; the independent
journalists and blogs are those who carry the lead in this
political andsocial phenomenon, and have been developing for
several years now, and are stronger every day and the
internationalpress now follows them more closely.
The dictatorship sees it is losing the battle and knows it is
close to its end and this the reason why they are trying to
silencethe voices of peaceful protest from the people of Cuba,
before it leads to a social explosion that they will not be able
tocontrol.
We call upon Reporters Without Borders and the International
Press to condemn this rotten maneuver by theregime against
independent journalist Dania Virgin Garca , who in the short span
of 48 hours was arrested, tried,convicted and transported to one of
the most rigorous and torturous prisons in the penal system of the
Cubandictatorship.
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The crime committed against Dania , is not new nor will be the
last time we plead for everyone to join our protest, raisetheir
voices, and ask the International Press , the Governments of the
Free World and Organizations thatProtect Human Rights to do
something on behalf of Dania who was only doing what is her right;
a right guaranteed toher by the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights of which Cuba is a signatory, which is her right to differ
from thepolitical system in her country.
Dania (right) together with the Ladies who support the Ladies in
White and Cuban Bloggers Yoan Snchez and Claudio Cadelo . Dania
(center) together with the Ladies who support the Ladies in White
leaving churchafter mass.
Dania together with Lilia Castaer and other Ladies who support
the Ladies in White during mass.
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Dania (center right in the 1st photo) and (behind Berta Soler in
the 2nd, 3rd y 4th photos) repressed and harassed by Rapid Response
Brigades and Castro agents during the walk along the malecn and
Havana streets.
Published @ HUMAN RIGHTS CUBA:
http://www.humanrightscuba.com/2010/04/cuban-independent-journalist-dania.html
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