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Cuba frees dissidents arrested at Paya funeral
http://news.yahoo.com/cuba-frees-dissidents-arrested-paya-funeral-155653319.htmlAFP – Thu, Jul 26, 2012Related Contentprevnext A Cuban dissident argues with a …
»Cuban authorities have released without charge most of the dissidents arrested after the funeral of political activist Oswaldo Paya, activists said.
"I was arrested for about nine hours at the Tarara police school (in eastern Havana) with about 20 other dissidents. Then, they took me home by car," rights activist Guillermo Farinas told AFP.
Farinas, the 2010 winner of the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize, was among dozens of dissidents arrested Tuesday after they emerged from Paya's funeral shouting anti-government slogans.
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"We call on the Cuban government to respect internationally recognized fundamental freedoms, including freedom of speech, rather than arresting their citizens for peacefully exercising these universal rights that are protected and promoted by governments throughout the world," White House spokesman Jay Carney said in a statement.
