Remaining ‘Black Spring’ journalist released in Cuba

08 Mar 11 | Index Index, minipost

Cuban reporter Pedro Arguelles Moran has been released from prison on parole. He is the last of the journalists jailed during the 2003 “Black Spring” crackdown to be freed. In April 2003 he was sentenced to 20 years in prison under Law 88, for commiting acts “aimed at subverting the internal order of the nation”. He was released as part of an agreement brokered by the Catholic church in 2010.

‘Black Spring’ journalist released in Cuba

16 Feb 11 | Index Index, minipost

Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, a journalist imprisoned during Cuba’s ‘Black Spring’ of 2003 was released on 12 February. Unlike many of the 52 journalists and dissidents released last July, Maseda, who co-founded the independent news agency Grupo de Trabajo Decoro, will not be forced to go into exile.  Six of the 11 prisoners who refused the deal brokered with Spain have now been released and will be allowed to remain in Cuba. There are now just two ‘Black Spring’ journalists who are yet to be freed. Maseda was released against his will, saying that he did not want to go without the others.