Cuba's Yoani Sánchez Speaks Out - Full Interview | MetroFocus

[MADem]

18. No, I am not talking about that. She was also arrested and beaten enroute to a protest,

this was in 2009 or thereabouts:

and last year, she was arrested for blogging about that weird auto accident that killed Oswaldo Paya:

http://articles.latimes.com/2012/oct/05/world/la-fg-cuba-blogger-20121006

The dissident blogger had intended to cover the trial of Angel Carromero, which began Friday in Bayamo, about 400 miles east of Havana. Carromero, a member of Spain's conservative Popular Party, crashed his rental car near Bayamo while visiting the island July 22. Cuban officials have accused him of speeding and causing the deaths of dissident Oswaldo Paya and another Cuban activist, who were riding in the car. Carromero faces up to 10 years in prison.

The pro-government blog http://www.yohandry.com asserted Friday that the blogger had traveled to Bayamo "to start a provocation and a media show to harm the proper conduct of the trial."

Both Sanchez's detention and the controversy surrounding the case offer telling glimpses into the government's relationship with dissident forces in Cuba six years after Raul Castro was handed the reins of government by his ailing older brother, Fidel.

...."In the last few years (political repression) doesn't consist in long prison sentences, but in hundreds and hundreds of detentions each month for political reasons, which last a number of hours, days or a few weeks. And later, in general, the opponents are freed without charges — although sometimes some stay in prison."