And three Cuban bloggers -- Yoani Sanchez, Orlando Luis Pardo and Claudia Cadelo -- were forcibly detained by Cuban plain clothes security personnel and beaten while en route to a peaceful demonstration in Havana, according to a statement by the U.S. State Department, which called on the Cuban government "to ensure the full respect of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all its citizens."
Dress President Like a Donkey and Go to Jail
Hooliganism cited by government.
This was a bad week for bloggers. Two bloggers from Azerbaijan posted a video of President Ilham Aliyev as a donkey and were sentenced to two years in prison. However, the government maintains that the jailing was unrelated to the video and was instead for "hooliganism" at a restaurant, according to an article in Al Jazeera English.
And three Cuban bloggers -- Yoani Sanchez, Orlando Luis Pardo and Claudia Cadelo -- were forcibly detained by Cuban plain clothes security personnel and beaten while en route to a peaceful demonstration in Havana, according to a statement by the U.S. State Department, which called on the Cuban government "to ensure the full respect of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all its citizens."
And three Cuban bloggers -- Yoani Sanchez, Orlando Luis Pardo and Claudia Cadelo -- were forcibly detained by Cuban plain clothes security personnel and beaten while en route to a peaceful demonstration in Havana, according to a statement by the U.S. State Department, which called on the Cuban government "to ensure the full respect of the human rights and fundamental freedoms of all its citizens."
