98:, a political prisoner, one year earlier. He was one of many arrested during marches held across the country. In April 2012 during a papal mass in Santiago de Cuba a dissident named Andrés Carrión Alvarez shouted "down with communism" and was promptly arrested. A scuffle broke out, and Carrión was attacked by a Red Cross stretcher bearer. Espinosa went to Carrión's aid, and was himself arrested for "contempt of authority". At the time, Espinosa was under house arrest for three years for his pro-democracy activities.
53:(APLO). Shortly afterwards he was dismissed from his job. Cuba suppresses reports of epidemics to avoid disturbing the tourists. Before Espinosa published his reports, the official media had refused to recognize the existence of dengue fever in Cuba. The reports seem to have triggered his arrest.
80:
noted that "social dangerousness" meant he might commit a crime although he had not in fact committed any. The authorities could use this charge to imprison anyone they wanted to. In a press release on 29 January 2007 the Office of the
Special Rapporteur for Freedom of Expression of the
89:
In March 2009 Espinosa was working for the Center of
Applied Marketing and Political Publicity in Santiago de Cuba. He was detained and then placed under house arrest for his activities on the sixth anniversary of the arrest of 75 activists in the
49:. Police tried to remove a participant, but were forced to retreat when the crowd turned against them. In July 2006 Espinosa submitted reports on an outbreak of dengue fever in Santiago de Cuba to the independent agency
72:." He was sentenced to two years of home confinement. Although he had lost his job with the public health service, Espinosa was told he should find another job with a government department or he would have to serve his
85:
noted that
Espinosa had been jailed and said it "reiterates its great concern over the systematic and continuous situation of utter and complete disrespect for freedom of thought and expression in Cuba."
50:
41:
Until 2006 Guillermo
Espinosa Rodríguez worked as a nurse in the public health service and as a part-time reporter. In October 2005 Espinosa Rodríguez filed a report on an event in
34:
nurse, journalist, blogger and human rights activist. In 2006 he was dismissed from his job with the public health service and arrested after reporting on an outbreak of
361:
416:"EVALUATION OF THE FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION ON THE LAST QUARTER OF 2006: THE SPECIAL RAPPORTEUR EXPRESSES CONCERN FOR VULNERABILITY OF JOURNALISTS IN THE REGION"
120:
518:
394:
65:
492:
17:
82:
568:
218:
184:
141:
369:
340:
441:
548:
419:
415:
365:
467:
558:
287:
77:
390:
57:
553:
61:
496:
578:
563:
174:
573:
121:"Kuba: Journalist zu zwei Jahren Hausarrest wegen "gesellschaftlicher Gefährdung" verurteilt"
69:
493:"Repression and Dozens of Arrests in Cuba as the Resistance Holds "Zapata Lives!" Marches"
8:
291:
91:
210:
Attacks on the Press in 2006: A Worldwide Survey by the
Committee to Protect Journalists
214:
180:
446:
42:
149:
519:"#Cuba: Guillermo Espinosa plantó cara a los agresores de Andrés Carrión Alvarez"
336:
313:
264:
241:
208:
94:" of 2003. In February 2011 Espinosa was detained for commemorating the death of
95:
38:. Since then he has been repeatedly arrested for his human rights activities.
542:
45:
attended by 20,000 young people as part of a campaign for the prevention of
142:"Descargan jóvenes santiagueros su frustración reprimida contra la policía"
73:
35:
123:. Internationale Gesellschaft für Menschenrechte. 16 November 2006
495:. Directorio Democrático Cubano. 23 February 2011. Archived from
176:
Freedom of the press 2007: A global survey of media independence
76:
in jail. In a call for
Espinosa's release on 8 November 2006,
288:"Independent journalist sentenced to two years' house arrest"
64:. In November 2006 he was convicted under article 72 of the
56:
Espinosa Rodríguez was arrested in
October 2006 along with
46:
31:
389:
168:
166:
200:
173:Karlekar, Karin Deutsch; Marchant, Eleanor (2007).
163:
540:
516:
213:. Committee to Protect Journalists. p. 73.
172:
395:"RSF reclama la libertad de Guillermo Espinosa"
115:
113:
111:
439:
108:
68:in a Santiago de Cuba court on grounds of "
246:. Ediciones Intemporales. 2007. p. 19
179:. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 115.
83:Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
318:. Publicaciones Semana. 2006. p. 29
14:
541:
206:
269:. Editorial Siempre. 2007. p. 33
207:Cooper, Anderson (28 February 2007).
24:
25:
590:
517:Clotilde Morejón (9 April 2012).
341:Committee to Protect Journalists
148:. 5 October 2005. Archived from
51:Agencia de Prensa Libre Oriental
510:
485:
460:
442:"Detention in Santiago de Cuba"
440:Aleaga Pesant (23 March 2009).
433:
420:Organization of American States
408:
383:
354:
329:
306:
280:
257:
234:
134:
13:
1:
366:International Press Institute
101:
569:People from Santiago de Cuba
468:"List of Detained Activists"
28:Guillermo Espinosa Rodríguez
18:Guillermo Espinosa Rodriguez
7:
10:
595:
78:Reporters Without Borders
391:Reporteros Sin Fronteras
362:"Omar Rodríguez Saludes"
58:Armando Betancourt Reina
62:Raymundo Perdigon Brito
549:Cuban male journalists
418:. Washington, D.C.:
393:(November 8, 2006).
70:social dangerousness
472:Capitol Hill Cubans
559:Cuban male writers
474:. 23 February 2011
422:. 29 January 2007
294:. 9 November 2006
220:978-0-944823-26-2
186:978-0-7425-5582-2
16:(Redirected from
586:
533:
532:
530:
529:
514:
508:
507:
505:
504:
489:
483:
482:
480:
479:
464:
458:
457:
455:
454:
447:The Miami Herald
437:
431:
430:
428:
427:
412:
406:
405:
403:
402:
387:
381:
380:
378:
377:
368:. Archived from
358:
352:
351:
349:
347:
333:
327:
326:
324:
323:
310:
304:
303:
301:
299:
284:
278:
277:
275:
274:
261:
255:
254:
252:
251:
238:
232:
231:
229:
227:
204:
198:
197:
195:
193:
170:
161:
160:
158:
157:
138:
132:
131:
129:
128:
117:
66:Cuban Penal Code
43:Santiago de Cuba
21:
594:
593:
589:
588:
587:
585:
584:
583:
539:
538:
537:
536:
527:
525:
515:
511:
502:
500:
499:on 19 July 2012
491:
490:
486:
477:
475:
466:
465:
461:
452:
450:
438:
434:
425:
423:
414:
413:
409:
400:
398:
388:
384:
375:
373:
360:
359:
355:
345:
343:
335:
334:
330:
321:
319:
312:
311:
307:
297:
295:
286:
285:
281:
272:
270:
263:
262:
258:
249:
247:
240:
239:
235:
225:
223:
221:
205:
201:
191:
189:
187:
171:
164:
155:
153:
152:on 1 April 2012
140:
139:
135:
126:
124:
119:
118:
109:
104:
23:
22:
15:
12:
11:
5:
592:
582:
581:
576:
571:
566:
561:
556:
554:Cuban bloggers
551:
535:
534:
509:
484:
459:
432:
407:
382:
353:
328:
305:
279:
256:
233:
219:
199:
185:
162:
133:
106:
105:
103:
100:
96:Orlando Zapata
9:
6:
4:
3:
2:
591:
580:
579:Male bloggers
577:
575:
572:
570:
567:
565:
564:Living people
562:
560:
557:
555:
552:
550:
547:
546:
544:
524:
520:
513:
498:
494:
488:
473:
469:
463:
449:
448:
443:
436:
421:
417:
411:
396:
392:
386:
372:on 2013-07-20
371:
367:
363:
357:
342:
338:
337:"Prison caps"
332:
317:
316:
309:
293:
289:
283:
268:
267:
260:
245:
244:
237:
222:
216:
212:
211:
203:
188:
182:
178:
177:
169:
167:
151:
147:
143:
137:
122:
116:
114:
112:
107:
99:
97:
93:
87:
84:
79:
75:
71:
67:
63:
59:
54:
52:
48:
44:
39:
37:
33:
29:
19:
574:Cuban nurses
526:. Retrieved
522:
512:
501:. Retrieved
497:the original
487:
476:. Retrieved
471:
462:
451:. Retrieved
445:
435:
424:. Retrieved
410:
399:. Retrieved
397:. PRNoticias
385:
374:. Retrieved
370:the original
356:
344:. Retrieved
331:
320:. Retrieved
314:
308:
296:. Retrieved
282:
271:. Retrieved
265:
259:
248:. Retrieved
242:
236:
224:. Retrieved
209:
202:
190:. Retrieved
175:
154:. Retrieved
150:the original
145:
136:
125:. Retrieved
92:Black Spring
88:
74:house arrest
55:
40:
36:dengue fever
27:
26:
543:Categories
528:2013-07-16
503:2013-07-16
478:2013-07-16
453:2013-07-16
426:2013-07-15
401:2013-07-15
376:2013-07-15
322:2013-07-15
273:2013-07-15
250:2013-07-15
156:2013-07-15
127:2013-07-16
102:References
315:Gatopardo
346:26 March
298:26 March
266:Siempre!
192:26 March
523:CubaOut
226:16 July
146:Cubanet
217:
183:
32:Cuban
30:is a
348:2012
300:2012
292:IFEX
243:Leer
228:2013
215:ISBN
194:2012
181:ISBN
60:and
47:AIDS
545::
521:.
470:.
444:.
364:.
339:.
290:.
165:^
144:.
110:^
531:.
506:.
481:.
456:.
429:.
404:.
379:.
350:.
325:.
302:.
276:.
253:.
230:.
196:.
159:.
130:.
90:"
20:)
Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License. Additional terms may apply.