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Cuba / Spain

Dissident journalist takes own life after year in exile

A dissident Cuban journalist who was released last year and forced into exile has committed suicide, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Cuba

Last jailed journalist released into exile

The last remaining Cuban journalist in prison, Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, was freed on 7 April and exiled to Spain, report the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of PEN International, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). This ends "a dark, eight-year-long era in which the island nation was one of the world's worst jailers of the press," at one time jailing nearly 30 independent reporters and writers, says CPJ.

Cuba

"Black Spring" journalist released against his wishes

A Cuban journalist who had refused to leave prison until all political prisoners were freed was released against his will last week as the Cuban government continues to free opposition activists and journalists arrested during a notorious crackdown in 2003, report the Inter American Press Association (IAPA), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Writers in Prison Committee of PEN International (WiPC) and other IFEX members.

International / Awards / Cuba

Cuban dissident wins European Parliament's Sakharov Prize

The European Parliament has awarded its Sakharov human rights prize to Guillermo Fariñas Hernandez, the Cuban dissident whose four-month hunger strike ultimately led to the release of numerous political prisoners in Cuba, report Freedom House, Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and Human Rights Watch.

Cuba

Nine dissidents freed from prison, but scores remain behind bars

President Raúl Castro's government has agreed to release 52 of the 75 Cuban journalists, writers, activists, librarians and members of opposition political parties jailed in a major crackdown on dissent in 2003, known as the Black Spring. Eight journalists, who spent more than seven years in prison for their independent reporting, and another dissident arrived in Spain on 13 and 14 July in the first wave of freed political prisoners. IFEX members are concerned that freed dissidents must leave Cuba as a precondition of their release.

Cuba

A blogging revolution

Blogging flourishes in Cuba as a new generation writes critically about social and economic issues, leaving behind a generation of leaders over 70 who do not fully understand the phenomenon, says a new report by the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ).

Cuba

Journalist sentenced to three years on "disrespect" charges

A Cuban journalist has been sentenced to three years in jail on charges of "disrespect for authority," report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and Reporters Without Borders (RSF).

Cuba

SEIS AÑOS DESPUÉS, LOS MIEMBROS DE IFEX EXIGEN LIBERACIÓN DE DISIDENTES ENCARCELADOS EN "PRIMAVERA NEGRA"

Cuba

APRÈS SIX ANS, LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX EXIGENT LA LIBÉRATION DES DISSIDENTS EMPRISONNÉS LORS DU « PRINTEMPS NOIR »

Cuba

SIX YEARS ON, IFEX MEMBERS DEMAND RELEASE OF DISSIDENTS JAILED IN "BLACK SPRING"

Six years after Cuba's notorious "Primavera Negra" ("Black Spring") crackdown on journalists and other accused dissenters, the country continues to trample on free expression. Cuba jails more journalists than any other country but China.

Cuba

MIEMBROS DE IFEX INSTAN A CASTRO A LIBERAR A PERIODISTAS ENCARCELADOS

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LIBÉREZ LES JOURNALISTES EMPRISONNÉS, DISENT À CASTRO DES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX

Cuba

CUBA: RELEASE JAILED JOURNALISTS, IFEX MEMBERS URGE CASTRO

Reporters Without Borders (RSF) and the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) are appealing to President Raúl Castro to unconditionally release all jailed journalists in Cuba now that the European Union has lifted diplomatic sanctions on the socialist country.

Cuba

CUATRO DISIDENTES LIBERADOS

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QUATRE DISSIDENTS SONT REMIS EN LIBERTÉ

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FOUR DISSIDENTS RELEASED

Four Cuban dissidents - including two journalists - were released and flown into exile in Spain after spending years behind bars for their political beliefs.

Cuba

PERIODISTAS CUBANOS INDEPENDIENTES PERSEVERAN A PESAR DE OFENSIVA

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LES JOURNALISTES CUBAINS INDÉPENDANTS PERSÉVÈRENT EN DÉPIT DE LA RÉPRESSION

Cuba

INDEPENDENT CUBAN JOURNALISTS PERSEVERE DESPITE CRACKDOWN

Three years after the Cuban government launched a large-scale crackdown on dissidents and journalists, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) has produced a report examining the state of press freedom in the country.

Cuba

UN GROUPE DE FEMMES EST EMPÊCHÉ DE RECEVOIR UNE RÉCOMPENSE POUR LA DÉFENSE DES DROITS DE LA PERSONNE

Cuba

IMPIDEN A GRUPO DE MUJERES RECIBIR PREMIO DE DERECHOS HUMANOS

Cuba

WOMEN'S GROUP BARRED FROM ACCEPTING HUMAN RIGHTS PRIZE

The Cuban government has barred a group of dissidents' wives and mothers from traveling to Strasbourg, France, to accept a major human rights award given by the European Parliament, says Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF).

Cuba

LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX EXIGENT LA LIBÉRATION DES JOURNALISTES EMPRISONNÉS

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MIEMBROS DE IFEX EXIGEN LIBERTAD PARA PERIODISTAS ENCARCELADOS

Cuba

IFEX MEMBERS DEMAND FREEDOM FOR JAILED JOURNALISTS

Two years after the Cuban government launched a crackdown on freedom of expression by arresting dozens of dissidents and journalists, the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), Human Rights Watch and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) are focusing attention on the plight of more than 20 journalists who remain behind bars.

Cuba

QUATRE JOURNALISTES LIBÉRÉS DE PRISON

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CUATRO PERIODISTAS LIBERADOS DE LA CÁRCEL

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FOUR JOURNALISTS RELEASED FROM JAIL

IFEX members have welcomed the release of four Cuban journalists from prison but are calling on the government to free dozens of others who remain behind bars.

Cuba

LE WIPC S'APPRÊTE À LANCER UNE CAMPAGNE ÉPISTOLAIRE

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WIPC LANZARÁ CAMPAÑA DE ENVÍO DE CARTAS

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WiPC TO LAUNCH LETTER-WRITING CAMPAIGN

The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC) is launching a letter-writing campaign this month to focus attention on the plight of 32 imprisoned Cuban journalists, writers and librarians.

Cuba

DES JOURNALISTES SONT LIBÉRÉS DE PRISON

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PERIODISTAS LIBERADOS DE PRISIÓN

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JOURNALISTS RELEASED FROM PRISON

Two journalists who were sentenced in 2003 to lengthy prison terms have been granted an early release, report the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC).

Cuba

AGISSEZ ! SIGNEZ LA PÉTITION D'APPUI DU CPJ À UN JOURNALISTE CUBAIN EMPRISONNÉ

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DES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX EXIGENT LA REMISE EN LIBERTÉ DES DISSIDENTS INCARCÉRÉS

Cuba

¡ACTÚE! FIRME PETICIÓN DE CPJ PARA APOYAR A PERIODSTA CUBANO ENCARCELADO

Cuba

MIEMBROS DE IFEX EXIGEN LIBERACIÓN DE DISIDENTES ENCARCELADOS

Cuba

TAKE ACTION: SIGN CPJ PETITION TO SUPPORT JAILED CUBAN JOURNALIST

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) invites you to sign a petition calling for the release of imprisoned Cuban journalist Manuel Vásquez Portal.

Cuba

IFEX MEMBERS DEMAND RELEASE OF JAILED DISSIDENTS

Five IFEX members joined worldwide calls last week for the release of 75 imprisoned journalists and dissidents in Cuba, marking the first anniversary of a sweeping government crackdown on the country's human rights activists and independent press.

Cuba

CUBA: SIGNEZ UNE PÉTITION DE REPORTERS SANS FRONTIÈRES POUR FAIRE LIBÉRER LE JOURNALISTE CUBAIN EMPRISONNÉ RAÚL RIVERO

Cuba

FIRME UNA CARTA PARA AYUDAR A LIBERAR A PERIODISTA CUBANO

Cuba

UN JOURNALISTE CUBAIN EMPRISONNÉ REMPORTE LE PRIX DE LA LIBERTÉ DE LA PRESSE DE L'UNESCO

Cuba

JAILED CUBAN JOURNALIST WINS UNESCO PRESS FREEDOM PRIZE

UNESCO has awarded the 2004 UNESCO/Guillermo Cano World Press Freedom Prize to Cuban journalist Raúl Rivero Castañeda in honour of his "brave and longstanding commitment to independent reporting."

Cuba

CASTRO RESSERRE SON ÉTREINTE SUR L'INTERNET

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CASTRO ESTRECHA CONTROL SOBRE INTERNET

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CASTRO TIGHTENS GRIP ON INTERNET

Surfing the Net in Cuba may now come at a higher price following a new law giving authorities greater powers to monitor online traffic and impede access to the Internet, warn Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), Freedom House and the International Federation of Library Associations and Institutions (IFLA).

Cuba

DES JOURNALISTES INCARCÉRÉS SONT REMIS EN LIBERTÉ

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IAPA HIGHLIGHTS CUBA AT GENERAL ASSEMBLY

The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) singled out Cuba as the leading violator of press freedom in the Americas at its annual General Assembly last week. The conference included sessions examining the state of press freedom in 25 countries.

Cuba

LES MEMBRES DE L'IFEX EXPRIMENT LEUR PRÉOCCUPATION DEVANT LA GRÈVE DE LA FAIM QUE FONT DES JOURNALISTES

Cuba

MIEMBROS DE IFEX EXPRESAN INQUIETUD POR PERIODISTAS EN HUELGA DE HAMBRE

Cuba

IFEX MEMBERS EXPRESS CONCERN OVER JOURNALISTS ON HUNGER STRIKE

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) and the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) have expressed concern over the prison conditions of independent Cuban journalists who were sentenced earlier this year to lengthy prison terms.

Cuba

LA FONDATION KNIGHT APPUIE UN MAGAZINE CUBAIN

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Fundación Knight apoya revista cubana

Cuba

Knight Foundation Supports Independent Cuban Magazine

The John S. and James L. Knight Foundation has awarded a US$188,000 grant to CubaNet News to "improve the flow of news into and out of Cuba," where dozens of journalists were sentenced in March to lengthy prison terms as part of a sweeping crackdown on free expression.

Cuba

CPJ, RSF MONITOR CUBAN CRACKDOWN ON FREE EXPRESSION

With 28 Cuban journalists behind bars on jail sentences of up to 28 years, IFEX members are actively monitoring the situation and providing up-to-date information online.

Cuba

IMPONEN SEVERAS PENAS DE CÁRCEL A PERIODISTAS Y DISIDENTES

Cuba

DES JOURNALISTES ET DES DISSIDENTS SONT CONDAMNÉS À DE LOURDES PEINES DE PRISON

Cuba

JOURNALISTS, DISSIDENTS ISSUED HEAVY JAIL TERMS

Human Rights Watch, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), the International Press Institute, the Committee to Protect Journalists, the Inter American Press Association and the International Federation of Journalists have condemned the Cuban government for imposing jail sentences of up to 25 years on dozens of dissidents, including journalists, following nation-wide arrests of some 80 individuals in the past three weeks.

Cuba

UNE VAGUE DE RÉPRESSION ENTRAÎNE L?ARRESTATION D?UN GRAND NOMBRE DE JOURNALISTES

Cuba

VEINTENAS DE PERIODISTAS ARRESTADOS EN OFENSIVA

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SCORE OF JOURNALISTS ARRESTED IN CRACKDOWN

Human Rights Watch (HRW), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF), the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) and the International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) have called on the Cuban government to release at least 50 dissidents and journalists detained last week in the first wave of arrests the country has seen in months.

Cuba

UN RAPPORT DE RSF DÉNONCE LE MONOPOLE DE L?ÉTAT SUR LES MÉDIAS

Cuba

INFORME DE RSF CONDENA MONOPOLIO DE MEDIOS ESTATALES

Cuba

RSF REPORT CONDEMNS STATE MEDIA MONOPOLY

Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) has just published a report on Cuba, calling on the European Union (EU) to impose stringent conditions on the Cuban government before granting economic aid under an international trade pact.

Cuba

UN ÉCRIVAIN DISSIDENT EST LIBÉRÉ

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ESCRITOR DISIDENTE LIBERADO

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DISSIDENT WRITER FREED

Free-expression groups welcomed the release of dissident Cuban writer Vladimiro Roca Antúnez from prison last week but pressed the Cuban government to free other detained journalists. Roca Antúnez' release came shortly before a high-profile visit to the country by former United States President Jimmy Carter.

Cuba

RSF DEMANDE LA REMISE EN LIBERTÉ D?UN JOURNALISTE

Cuba

GRUPOS DE LIBRE EXPRESIÓN PIDEN LIBERACIÓN DE PERIODISTAS ENCARCELADOS

Cuba

FREE EXPRESSION GROUPS CALL FOR JAILED JOURNALISTS' RELEASE

At a time when more than 25 opposition activists have reportedly been arrested in Cuba over the last three weeks, Reporters Without Borders (Reporters sans frontières, RSF) is calling on the government to release four independent journalists currently in jail. The press freedom group is calling for the release of Carlos Alberto Domínguez of the independent press agency Cuba Verdad, independent journalists Lester Téllez Castro and Carlos Brizuela, and Linéa Sur Press agency head Bernardo Arévalo Padron. Arévalo Padron has been imprisoned since November 1997 and is serving a six-year sentence for "insulting" the president and vice-president of Cuba in an interview with a Miami radio station, says RSF. [See IFEX "Communiqu%26#233;" #10-10].">http://communique.ifex.org/articles.cfm?system_id=2878">"Communiqué" #10-10].

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UNE BIBLIOTHÉCAIRE EST LIBÉRÉE DE MANIÈRE IMPRÉVUE

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LIBERAN INESPERADAMENTE A BIBLIOTECARIA

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LIBRARIAN RELEASED UNEXPECTEDLY

The Writers in Prison Committee of International PEN (WiPC) has welcomed the release of Julia Cecilia Delgado, director of the independent Gertrudis Gomez de Avellaneda library in Cuba. Delgado had been imprisoned at Manto Negro prison since 12 December 2000 for "disrespect" after she was arrested along with more than 200 people two days before International Human Rights Day. According to WiPC, Delgado was due to complete her sentence on 8 December, but authorities did not issue an explanation for her early release.

Cuba

PERIODISTA Y ACTIVISTA LABORAL SENTENCIADO A DOS AÑOS POR ARTÍCULO EN INTERNET

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À DEUX ANS DE PRISON POUR AVOIR FAIT PARAÎTRE UN ARTICLE SUR INTERNET

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JOURNALIST AND LABOUR ACTIVIST SENTENCED TO TWO YEARS FOR INTERNET ARTICLE

José Orlando González Bridon, a Cuban journalist and labour activist, has been sentenced to two years in jail over an article he wrote for a US-based Internet site, according to Reporters sans frontières (RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN. González Bridon, who has been detained since 15 December 2000, was found guilty on 12 June of spreading "false information," reports WiPC. An electronics engineer by trade, González Bridon is also the secretary-general of the outlawed Confederation of Cuban Democratic Workers (CTDC), notes CPJ.

Cuba

UN JOURNALISTE EST REMIS EN LIBERTÉ; UN AUTRE EST TOUJOURS INCARCÉRÉ

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OTRO PERIODISTA LIBERADO, UNO SIGUE EN LA CÁRCEL

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ANOTHER JOURNALIST RELEASED, ONE STILL IN JAIL

Manuel Antonio González Castellanos, a correspondent for the independent press agency Cuba Press in the eastern city of Holguín, was released on 26 February, according to Reporters sans frontières (RSF). The journalist, who spent two-and-a-half years in prison for "insulting" Fidel Castro, says that he will continue his work as an independent journalist. González is the second independent journalist released from a Cuban prison in the last two months. On 17 January, Jésus Joel Díaz Hernández was freed after serving two years of a four-year term for being a "danger to society" [See IFEX "Communique" #10-3].">http://communique.ifex.org/articles.cfm?category=1%20Regional%20News&volume=10&issue_no=3%26amp;lng=english#2717">IFEX "Communique" #10-3].

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PERIODISTA INDEPENDIENTE LIBERADO DESPUÉS DE DOS AÑOS EN CÁRCEL

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UN JOURNALISTE INDÉPENDANT EST REMIS EN LIBERTÉ APRÈS AVOIR PASSÉ DEUX ANS EN PR

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INDEPENDENT JOURNALIST RELEASED AFTER TWO YEARS IN JAIL

Cuba

L?ÉTAT CONSERVE SA MAINMISE SUR LES MÉDIAS, SOUTIENT UN RAPPORT DE RSF

Cuba

ESTADO RETIENE CONTROL DE MEDIOS DE COMUNICACIÓN, DICE INFORME DE RSF

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STATE RETAINS CONTROL OF MEDIA, SAYS RSF REPORT

"State control of published or broadcast information has not slackened" in Cuba, says a recently-released Reporters sans frontières (RSF) report on the state of press freedom in Cuba. While there was "relative respite from harassment" of government opponents after the Pope's visit in January 1998, RSF states that this did not last more than a year. The "main targets of repression" are about 100 independent journalists, who authorities consider to be "counter-revolutionaries," says RSF. According to RSF, these journalists have faced "accusations, attacks, seizure of equipment, house arrests, pressure on their families, friends or contacts, and attempts to discredit or divide them." Since 1997, five of these journalists have received sentences of between six months and six years in prison, and over one hundred arrests or interrogations have been reported, records RSF. Three journalists remain in jail at present.

Cuba

PAR LA VIOLATION DES DROITS ET DES LOIS OPPRESSIVES

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INFORME DE HRW DICE QUE SILENCIA DISENSO CON ABUSOS Y LEYES OPRESIVAS

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HRW REPORT SAYS DISSENT SILENCED WITH ABUSES, OPPRESSIVE LAWS

Fidel Castro's government silence dissent through intimidation, oppressive laws and imprisonment of dissidents in Cuba, says a Human Rights Watch (HRW) report released on 23 July. The 263-page report, "Cuba's Repressive Machinery: Human Rights Forty Years After the Revolution", also says the United States trade embargo imposed against Cuba in 1961 "only makes matters worse." HRW adds, "Other international policies toward Cuba have shown more promise, but proved similarly ineffective in the absence of vigorous government support." The report describes how "Cuba's laws deny basic rights such as freedom of expression, association, and movement, and describes the plight of dozens of individuals prosecuted under those laws," including ill-treatment in prison.

Cuba

MUCHOS PERIODISTAS ARRESTADOS EN OFENSIVA

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INTENSIFICATION DE LA RÉPRESSION; DE NOMBREUX JOURNALISTES SONT ARRÊTÉS

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MANY JOURNALISTS ARRESTED IN CRACKDOWN

At least 15 journalists were arrested surrounding a sedition trial on 1 March in Cuba and two have gone missing, provoking an international outcry, report Reporters sans frontières (RSF), the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ) and the World Association of Newspapers (WAN). Neither Jesús Díaz Loyola, a HavanaPress reporter in Havana, nor José Edel García Díaz, a reporter with "Centro Norte del País" based in Caibarién, have been seen since 25 February and their whereabouts are unknown. The 15 journalists were detained to prevent them from covering the trial on 1 March of political dissidents Vladimiro Roca, Marta Beatriz Roque, Félix Bonne, and René Gomez, known as the "Group of Four", who are charged with sedition. CPJ says at least another 11 reporters were put under house arrest during the trial, which ended around 22:00 that day. In addition, State Security agents ordered reporters to clear the area in front of the courthouse, preventing the international press from covering the trial.

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UNE LOI SUPPRIME LA LIBERTÉ D'EXPRESSION

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LEY SUPRIME LIBERTAD DE EXPRESIÓN

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LAW SUPPRESSES FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION

On 16 February, the National Assembly of Peoples' Power (ANPP) adopted a new law which constitutes a threat against freedom of expression in Cuba, according to Reporters sans frontières (RSF). The "Law for the Protection of the Cuban National Independence and Economy" would impose penalties of two to five years imprisonment or fines on those who collaborate with, or maintain relations with the media, with the intent to "(contribute to or facilitate) plans against the Cuban government, as pertains to the Helms-Burton law, the North American blockade, the economic war and other such subversive plans," according to Agence France Presse (AFP).