Friday was a busy day for Cuba's secret police who turned their attention to Yoani Sanchez who runs a Blogger Academy from her apartment. Castro's Goon Squad suddenly targeted a number of bloggers and activists from the group, arresting some, interrogating others, and giving many concern for their safety.
By Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo of AllVoices.com,
he one thing all the targeted people have in common was their association with Yoani Sanchez and the Blogger Academy that operates in her Havana home. Sanchez is a popular and controversial blogger who interviewed President Barack Obama last year.
The arrests sent shock waves through Havana's artistic and intellectual communities, worried about the consequences for the independent Cuban blogosphere, which during the past year has conquered many spaces for freedom of expression inside Cuba and raised Cuban exile solidarity in hopes of a peaceful transition to a democratic system.
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