Dania Virgen García

Blog: http://daniavirgengarcia.blogspot.com/

Location: Havana, Cuba

23° 7' 59.9988" N, 82° 22' 59.9988" W

Status: Under Arrest
Arrested on 22 Apr 2010

The Index On Censorship reports that the independent journalist and blogger, Dania Virgen García, has been sentenced to 20 months in prison on charges that had not yet been made known. Dania Virgen García was sentenced just one day after her arrest by police on 22 April, 2010. Virgen García’s blog El blog de Dania, launched in January, reports on the violence and repression independent reporters face on the island. She is also a well known supporter of the “Damas de blanco” movement (Ladies in White).

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