The Castro dictatorship has denied a trial appeal by Aniette Gonzalez, a Cuban dissident artist who was sentenced to 3 years in prison for posing for pictures draped in a Cuban flag. The only crime committed by Gonzalez, who has come to be known as the "Flag Lady," was using the flag for purposes that
There are plenty of images of Cuban Communist Party leaders wearing the Cuban flag. But if you're a dissident artist and do the same, you go to the gulag. Artist Aniette González took pictures wearing only the Cuban flag a year ago and has been sitting in a prison cell since March of last year
14yMedio reports from Havana via Translating Cuba: Camaguey Court Prosecutes an Activist for Being Photographed With the Cuban Flag The oral hearing of the trial against the Camagüeyan activist Aniette González was held this Wednesday in Camagüey and was concluded for sentencing. The opponent is accused of the crime of “insulting patriotic symbols,” after she posted photos
14yMedio reports from Havana via Translating Cuba: Two Cuban Journalists Arrested While Seeking To Report on the Trial of an Activist in Camagüey Henry Constantín, director of the independent newspaper La Hora de Cuba, is missing. The journalist from Camagüey was arrested along with his colleague José Luis Tan Estrada, this Monday, when both tried to attend