Three members of Cuban civil society questioned on arrival in Panama

Three members of Cuban civil society questioned on arrival in Panama /
14ymedio
Posted on April 4, 2015

14ymedio, Havana, 4 April 2015 – When they got off the plane at the
airport in Panama Saturday, immigration officials confiscated the
passports of six young Latin Americans, including three Cubans who
arrived from Costa Rica, where they had been participated in activities
organized by the Liberation Movement Party and the Latin American Youth
Network for Democracy.

The three Cubans are part of the first group of independent civil
society arriving in Panama to participate in forums parallel to the
Summit of the Americas. They are Eliezer Ávila (Somos+ / We Are More),
Kirenia Yalit (Roundtable of Cuban Youth, MDJC) and Yasser Rojas (Cubalex).

"It was very clear that officials had a completely erroneous information
about the purposes of our trip," Eliezer Avila told 14ymedio. "Someone
had communicated to them that we were coming to 'sabotage the activities
of the Summit,' they explained to us during a two-hour interrogation in
a closed room."

After checking the data of the six young people and crosschecking them
with the list of those invited to the forum, they concluded that
everything was in order. "They apologized to us for the inconvenience
and pointed out that all they want is to ensure that there no problems
during the summit," added the leader of Somos+.

According to Ávila, "This experience should serve those who come after
us, because this incident indicates that the long arm of the Plaza of
the Revolution came to Panama to undermine the terrain at every step of
the way for those with a voice that is not governed the script of the
Communist Party."

Source: Three members of Cuban civil society questioned on arrival in
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