Tell Castro: Free Hector Maseda Gutierrez


	Tell Castro: Free Hector Maseda Gutierrez

Carl Lavin

12-31-2008 10:57 AM

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cuba, press freedoms

Carl Lavin says:

Cuba pledged to protect the freedom of expression. Now is the time to prove it. Tell Castro to free all jailed journalists.

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/956a1162-d547-402e-a7e8-b8dedf1fc93e/549D3F2B-7EB3-437E-9D48-CCEFB5F8F351/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://cpj.org/2008/12/cpj-petitioners-urge-castro-to-free-journalists.php" href="http://cpj.org/2008/12/cpj-petitioners-urge-castro-to-free-journalists.php" style="font-size: 11px;">cpj.org</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cpj.org/2008/12/cpj-petitioners-urge-castro-to-free-journalists.php">On Monday, CPJ sent more
than 500 appeals to the Cuban government asking for the release of <A href="http://cpj.org/awards/2008/hector-maseda-gutierrez-ipfa-2008-video.php"><SPAN>Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez</SPAN></A>,
recipient of CPJ's 2008 International Press Freedom Award, and the 20 other
journalists who are behind bars in Cuba. Maseda Gutíerrez, 65, is the oldest
imprisoned Cuban journalist</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cpj.org/2008/12/cpj-petitioners-urge-castro-to-free-journalists.php">Based on our review
of trial documents, we believe that the journalists were prosecuted for
engaging in professional activities protected by international law. Nine have
since been released on medical parole.</blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://cpj.org/2008/12/cpj-petitioners-urge-castro-to-free-journalists.php">The imprisonment of
journalists in reprisal for their independent reporting violates international
law, including Article 19 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights, <A href="http://cpj.org/2008/02/after-signing-accord-cuba-should-free-journalists.php">signed
by your government</A> this year, which provides "the right to freedom of
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