Imprisoned Cuban Journalists

Will American actor Danny Glover say anything about reporters in Cuban prisons? Has he ever? In Cuba, any journalist who does not work for the official media is considered to be an “enemy of the state” or a “mercenary.” The changeover at the summit of the state between the Castro brothers and the promises made by Cuba in relation to human rights at the Non-Aligned Summit in Havana have unfortunately done nothing to alter this state of affairs. There are currently 24 of them who have paid with their freedom for having founded an independent news agency, written for a dissident review or spoken to a media in the Cuban diaspora. Some are serving prison sentences of 14-27 years. FULL STORY... Why we take so much interest in Cuba,by Reporters Without Borders Cuba is one of our priorities. This is because there is no press freedom on the island. The state has a monopoly on news and information. Everything from Internet use to possession of a fax machine or computer needs permission. There are virtually no independent publications aside from one or two Catholic church newsletters. A small number of journalists manage to write articles for foreign websites or publish underground newsletters, producing fewer than a thousand copies with a photocopier. FULL STORY...