CUBA
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN is delighted at the news of the release of three more Cuban journalists imprisoned since 2003. Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta touched down in Madrid on 19 August 2010 while Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz (pictured below) arrived the next day, all three with their families. With their release, a total of 15 Cuban writers have now been freed and exiled since 12 July under a deal brokered by the Catholic Church and the Spanish government. The WiPC welcomes this news, but remains concerned that the prisoners are apparently obliged to leave Cuba as a precondition of their release. It continues to call for the immediate and unconditional release of the 10 other Cuban writers, journalists and librarians still in prison for their writings. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN is delighted at the news of the release of three more Cuban journalists imprisoned since 2003. Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta touched down in Madrid on 19 August 2010 while Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz (pictured below) arrived the next day, all three with their families. With their release, a total of 15 Cuban writers have now been freed and exiled since 12 July under a deal brokered by the Catholic Church and the Spanish government. The WiPC welcomes this news, but remains concerned that the prisoners are apparently obliged to leave Cuba as a precondition of their release. It continues to call for the immediate and unconditional release of the 10 other Cuban writers, journalists and librarians still in prison for their writings.
Details of the three released journalists:
Juan Adolfo FERNÁNDEZ SAÍNZ : journalist (correspondent for independent news agency Patria). Date of birth: 30 November 1948. Sentence: 15 years. Honorary Member: Catalán PEN, English PEN.
Juan Carlos HERRERA ACOSTA: journalist (Eastern Free Press Agency - Agencia de Prensa Libre Oriental or APLO). Sentence: 20 years. Charge: Law 88. Honorary Member: German PEN.
Fabio PRIETO LLORENTE: freelance journalist and member of the Asamblea para la Sociedad Civil (Civil Society Assembly). Year of birth: 11 March 1963. Sentence: 20 years. Honorary Member: English PEN.
The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN is delighted at the news of the release of three more Cuban journalists imprisoned since 2003. Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta touched down in Madrid on 19 August 2010 while Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz (pictured below) arrived the next day, all three with their families. With their release, a total of 15 Cuban writers have now been freed and exiled since 12 July under a deal brokered by the Catholic Church and the Spanish government. The WiPC welcomes this news, but remains concerned that the prisoners are apparently obliged to leave Cuba as a precondition of their release. It continues to call for the immediate and unconditional release of the 10 other Cuban writers, journalists and librarians still in prison for their writings. The Writers in Prison Committee (WiPC) of International PEN is delighted at the news of the release of three more Cuban journalists imprisoned since 2003. Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta touched down in Madrid on 19 August 2010 while Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz (pictured below) arrived the next day, all three with their families. With their release, a total of 15 Cuban writers have now been freed and exiled since 12 July under a deal brokered by the Catholic Church and the Spanish government. The WiPC welcomes this news, but remains concerned that the prisoners are apparently obliged to leave Cuba as a precondition of their release. It continues to call for the immediate and unconditional release of the 10 other Cuban writers, journalists and librarians still in prison for their writings.
Details of the three released journalists:
Juan Adolfo FERNÁNDEZ SAÍNZ : journalist (correspondent for independent news agency Patria). Date of birth: 30 November 1948. Sentence: 15 years. Honorary Member: Catalán PEN, English PEN.
Juan Carlos HERRERA ACOSTA: journalist (Eastern Free Press Agency - Agencia de Prensa Libre Oriental or APLO). Sentence: 20 years. Charge: Law 88. Honorary Member: German PEN.
Fabio PRIETO LLORENTE: freelance journalist and member of the Asamblea para la Sociedad Civil (Civil Society Assembly). Year of birth: 11 March 1963. Sentence: 20 years. Honorary Member: English PEN.
