Sunday, November 08, 2009

Cuban blogger Yoani Sánchez assaulted by state agents...

Cuba's most prominent dissident blogger, Yoani Sánchez, said she was abducted, beaten and threatened by state security agents in Havana.

Three men forced her and another blogger, Orlando Luis Pardo, into an unmarked car, roughed them up and warned they had gone too far in criticising the island's communist government, she said.

"One man put his knee on my chest and the other, from the seat next to me, was punching me in the face," according to a blog posted after Friday's incident in Vedado, near downtown Havana.

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The 34-year-old author's wry and sometimes caustic observations about life under Castro rule attract about 1m hits a month, mostly from abroad, and have garnered several international awards.

Sánchez plays cat and mouse with the authorities to dodge internet restrictions and post the blog, which is often blocked in Cuba. Full story...

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