Tuesday, September 01, 2009

News at Eleven: "Gentlemen, we are done here. I am leaving,"

she said solemnly. But before escaping, Graciela [González-Degard, sister of imprisoned poet Ricardo González Alfonso], frail from the trip and the heat, fainted in a state of panic.

This episode was only the beginning. Authorities refused to allow her to visit Ricardo on previously agreed upon dates. Their excuse: Coming from the U.S., Graciela needed to be tested for the H1N1 flu.

from Committee to Protect Journalists: Hopeless, a sister visits her imprisoned brother in Havana

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