Cuba: Critic of Cuban government denied exit visa

Index Number: AMR 25/010/2009
Date Published: 16 October 2009
Categories: Cuba

Juan Juan Almeida, the son of a former leader of the 1959 Cuban revolution, has been refused permission to leave the country after he criticized the authorities. Amnesty International fears that the restrictions on his movement are a form of unnecessary punishment for exercising his freedom of expression and will continue to face harassment.