Cuban journalist Yoani Sánchez released after detention
The founder and director of independent news outlet 14ymedio said she had returned home after being detained in Havana.
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Sánchez, who founded and directs the independent news outlet 14ymedio, said she had returned home after what she called an arbitrary detention. She thanked people for their solidarity and said their support had helped secure her release, according to an ANP/AFP report published by Nieuws.nl.
Her newsroom said she was detained at about 9.30am local time on Thursday as she left her home in Havana’s Nuevo Vedado neighbourhood. Shortly afterwards, she sent colleagues a message saying police had taken her, 14ymedio told CNN.
The outlet said she was released after approximately nine hours.
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