Cuban dissident Antonio Rodiles was released today by the Castro dictatorship after being held in prison for 19 days.
Juan Tamayo via El Nuevo Herald (my translation):
Cuban dissident Antonio Rodiles released after being detained for 19 days
This Monday Cuban police released prominent opposition activist Antonio G. Rodiles, 19 days after his arrest during a violent wave of repression that generated a rare legal complaint by dissident attorneys over police abuse.
“Now we have to continue, of course, with even greater strength,” Rodiles told the Spain-based Diario de Cuba blog. “The moral here is that things have to change and the violence has to stop.”
His family paid a fine of 800 pesos — approximately $32, or the equivalent of two months average salary in Cuba — but he did not know what the exact charges against him were because he did not read the document, said Rodiles.
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