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Staff of Cuban press freedom group ICLEP lose internet service, fear targeted disruption

  • Source: CPJ
  • March 5, 2021

"Since February 24, dozens of employees of ICLEP, a Cuban press freedom organization that also publishes seven free newspapers in the country, have been unable to connect to the internet on their mobile phones, according to press reports and Normando Hernández, ICLEP’s general manager, who spoke to CPJ via messaging app.

At least 42 journalists and directors of ICLEP, located in seven different provinces, have lost all internet connectivity on their phones, and staff have also reported their home computers connecting to the internet unusually slowly, Hernández said, adding that these issues have disrupted the operations of all seven of the organization’s newspapers."

 

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