Telephone company refuses service to independent journalist
Raul | 07.02.2006 17:39
Independent journalist Antonio Femenías Hechemendia thought he'd finally obtain a telephone when the ETECSA, the national telephone company, assigned numbers to those living in the historical center of the city of Ciego de Ávila.
However, when his wife, Irsy Adelina Rodríguez Pérez, went to the company to sign a contract for the telephone, she was told that service could not be connected and she would get an explanation from the government's Popular Power organization.
There she was told that "the benefits of the Revolution" were not available to dissidents. Then, officers of the political police visited Antonio Femenías Hechemendia and accused him of trying to enlist people to become independent journalists.
Finally, employees of the telephone went to the Femenías Hechemendia home and removed the telephone cable that had been installed.
Popular Power advised the block committee in the historic center that a telephone had mistakenly been assigned to Femenías Hechemendia.
Urge that all Cuban citizens be guaranteed their rights to freedom of association, assembly and expression, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and that the Cuban Government immediately cease to imprison, force into exile abroad or otherwise punish those who attempt to peacefully exercise such rights.
The Ministry of Justice
Roberto T. Díaz Sotolongo
Licentiate in Law
E-mail:
minjus@minjus.cu
Head of State and Government
Dr Fidel Castro Ruz
Presidente de los Consejos
de Estados y de Ministros
La Habana, Cuba
Telex and Fax: via Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see below)
Salutation: Su Excelencia/Your Excellency
Attorney-General
Dr Juan Escalona Reguera
Fiscal General de la República
Fiscalía General de la República
San Rafael 3, La Habana, Cuba
Telegrams: Fiscal General, Havana, Cuba
Telex: 511456 fisge
Fax: + 53 7 - 333164
Salutation: Sr Fiscal General / Dear Attorney General
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sr Roberto Robaina González
Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Calzada No. 360
Vedado, La Habana, Cuba
Telegrams: Ministro Relaciones Exteriores, Havana, Cuba
Telex: 511122 / 511464 / 512950
Fax: + 53 7 - 333 085 / - 335 261
Salutation: Señor Ministro / Dear Minister
However, when his wife, Irsy Adelina Rodríguez Pérez, went to the company to sign a contract for the telephone, she was told that service could not be connected and she would get an explanation from the government's Popular Power organization.
There she was told that "the benefits of the Revolution" were not available to dissidents. Then, officers of the political police visited Antonio Femenías Hechemendia and accused him of trying to enlist people to become independent journalists.
Finally, employees of the telephone went to the Femenías Hechemendia home and removed the telephone cable that had been installed.
Popular Power advised the block committee in the historic center that a telephone had mistakenly been assigned to Femenías Hechemendia.
Urge that all Cuban citizens be guaranteed their rights to freedom of association, assembly and expression, in accordance with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and that the Cuban Government immediately cease to imprison, force into exile abroad or otherwise punish those who attempt to peacefully exercise such rights.
The Ministry of Justice
Roberto T. Díaz Sotolongo
Licentiate in Law
E-mail:
minjus@minjus.cu Head of State and Government
Dr Fidel Castro Ruz
Presidente de los Consejos
de Estados y de Ministros
La Habana, Cuba
Telex and Fax: via Ministry of Foreign Affairs (see below)
Salutation: Su Excelencia/Your Excellency
Attorney-General
Dr Juan Escalona Reguera
Fiscal General de la República
Fiscalía General de la República
San Rafael 3, La Habana, Cuba
Telegrams: Fiscal General, Havana, Cuba
Telex: 511456 fisge
Fax: + 53 7 - 333164
Salutation: Sr Fiscal General / Dear Attorney General
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Sr Roberto Robaina González
Ministro de Relaciones Exteriores
Ministerio de Relaciones Exteriores
Calzada No. 360
Vedado, La Habana, Cuba
Telegrams: Ministro Relaciones Exteriores, Havana, Cuba
Telex: 511122 / 511464 / 512950
Fax: + 53 7 - 333 085 / - 335 261
Salutation: Señor Ministro / Dear Minister
Raul