Cuban Journalist released After 15 Months

by gmony714 | August 22, 2007 at 06:29 am

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This is one of the victims of Fidels paradise. Cyber ink is working on a story on how U.S. Journalists

visit and defend Cuba and worry about the treatment of terrorists while hundreds of Journalists sit miles away ignored by the usual "I am a Jornalist because I want to make a difference" elites in the media.

New York, August 21, 2007—The Committee to Protect Journalists welcomes Monday’s release of independent Cuban journalist Armando Betancourt Reina, who had been imprisoned at the Cerámica Roja Prison in the central city of Camagüey since May 2006.

Betancourt Reina, a reporter for the independent news agency Nueva Prensa Cubana, left prison Monday morning, reported the U.S.-based Radio Martí. Shortly after his release, Betancourt Reina told the Miami-based group Directorio Democrático Cubano that during his 15 months in jail he observed firsthand human rights violations in Cerámica Roja Prison. The journalist said that although he was not attacked, he witnessed guards and common criminals beating political prisoners.

“We are relieved that Armando Betancourt Reina has been freed,” said CPJ Executive Director Joel Simon. “However, we reiterate our calls for Cuban authorities to immediately release the other 24 journalists unjustly imprisoned today in Cuba for expressing their views.”