Cuba: Further information on: Fear of ill-treatment/legal concern

Index Number: AMR 25/020/2005
Date Published: 18 August 2005
Categories: Americas, Cuba

Prisoner of conscience Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina was released on 19 July 2005, after five years and four months' imprisonment. He had been detained on 2 March 2000 and sentenced to six years' imprisonment for "disrespect", "public disorder" and "damage" ["desacato", "desordenes públicos" and "daños"].