[LATEBREAKING NEWS: The Cuban government has announced the suspension of its
new decree tightening access to the Internet ("Cuba Says Internet Ban Deters
'Satanic Cults'"). Internet access still remains illegal, but thanks to a
worldwide outpouring of protests, the new decree has been suspended which would
have made it easier to detect "criminal Net surfers."]
MORE LIBRARIES RAIDED: "THEY AREN'T GOING TO GET AWAY WITH IT"
SANTIAGO DE CUBA, January 29, 2004 (NPC/ Haydeé Rodríguez) - [Introduction:
The following article was filed by journalist Haydeé Rodríguez, an elderly
veteran of the underground war against the Batista regime who now works as an
independent journalist and librarian...]
"Yesterday a search was made [by the secret police]... So I'm also being
threatened with jail if I tell what happened... But as long as I am alive, while a
minute of life remains, I am going to keep on speaking out, nobody is going
to stop me. And if they cut out my tongue I'll keep writing, and if they cut
off my hands I'll keep writing with my feet; I don't know what I'm going to do,
but they aren't going to get away with it...."
For the full text of this article, please refer to the "Recent News" section
of our website: (www.friendsofcubanlibraries.org).
Sincerely,
The Friends of Cuban Libraries
(WWW.FRIENDSOFCUBANLIBRARIES.ORG)
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