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The reported detention affects independent journalists and press freedom in Cuba. The article identifies no direct U.S. consequence.
WORLD • CUBA
Cuban authorities detain journalist Yoani Sánchez, newspaper reports
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Cuban State Security agents detained Yoani Sánchez, founder and director of independent outlet 14ymedio, in Havana, according to the South China Morning Post. The report says this was the third detention of an independent journalist in the city that week.
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