FROM
CUBA
Human rights activists harassed by police
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HOLGUN, Cuba,
October 13 (Manuel Verdecia Torres, Jvenes
sin Censura / cubanet.sergipeconectado.com) - Agents
from the National Revolutionary Police,
accompanied by inspectors from the Tax Office,
fined two brothers who operate a food stand
and threatened to withdraw their permit
if they continued their advocacy of human
rights.
The Gonzlez Rodrguez brothers
were fined 400 and 1,200 - the average monthly
salary in Cuba is just above 200 pesos -
for selling foodstuffs made from corn flour.
The agents inspected 13 other men who were
selling similar products on their own in
the area but none was fined.
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