CUBA: Cuba releases dissident a blogger.
Saturday, May 15, 2010
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. all started in April when the blogger and independent journalist in Cuba, Virgin Dania García, was sentenced to prison for "abuse of authority" after an argument with her daughter 23 years . Now, the court changed his mind and decided to release her, under penalty of U.S. $ 13.
The case was very controversial because groups like the Inter American Press Association (IAPA) called him a "political ploy" by the government.
Dania García, 41, who writes for U.S. sites of the Cuban opposition and supporter of the Damas de Blanco (mothers and wives of jailed dissidents), said that the prosecution changed "precautionary measure" against him and acknowledged it was "unfair have come to prison."
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Garcia said that the prosecution acknowledged that it was "unfair to have come to prison."
The release coincides, as he explained the BBC correspondent in Cuba, Michael Voss, with the government's decision to allow a march of the Ladies in White, after the intervention of the Catholic Church.
As the leader of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights, Elizardo Sánchez, "the fact that Garcia is a militant dissident led us to suspect that the process was a trap to get her out of circulation."
Sanchez added that the release of Garcia and allow the march of the Ladies in White are a "sign" indicating that Cuban leaders are trying to avoid bad press outside their borders.
Cuban authorities, said BBC correspondent in Cuba, "deny that political prisoners, calling them mercenaries paid by the U.S. to undermine the system."
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Source: BBC World.
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