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Free Ahmed Ridríguez Albacia

On Monday, December 4th, 2006, combined forces of the National Police and State Security arrested 21 year old independent journalist, Ahmed Rodríguez Albacia, in a police operation of gratuitous scope.

The military and police forces meticulously ransacked his house, confiscating his laptop computer, fax machine, and other materials used in his work as a journalist.

The officers informed Margarita Albacia, Ahmed’s mother, that he would be taken to Cien y Aldabó, a known Castro regime detention and torture center, and that she would be able to see him for a few minutes within a week.

Ahmed had been previously harassed and scrutinized by the Cuban Police, State Security and Rapid Response Brigades for several days before this incident. Last week, a government-organized mob threw rocks at Albacia’s home and set his roof on fire. Anyone who entered or exited the home was arrested. On September 15th he was arrested arbitrarily at his home in Havana and held for 24 hours by the political police with no official cause for his detention.

Ahmed is an independent journalist from the Youth Without Censorship press agency, and has been recognized by the international organization, Reporter without Borders, which promotes freedom of the press worldwide.

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