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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8997

26 July 2005
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/cuba
Commission slams arrest of dissidents and clear hardening in Cuban government's attitude

Brussels, 25/07/2005 (Agence Europe) - The European Commission has expressed extreme concern at the political situation in Cuba, following the arrest on 22 July of twenty dissidents, including the three main organisers of a demonstration against Fidel Castro's regime last spring. Martha Beatriz Roque, organiser of the demonstration by the Assembly for the Promotion of Civil Society in Cuba on 20 May, was one of the dissidents arrested, but was released over the weekend. The other dissidents...

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