- Social dangerousness
Social dangerousness is a legal charge under
Cuban law which allows the authorities to detain people whom they think they are likely to commit crimes. The charge carries a penalty of up to four years in prison. [ [http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/7583775.stm "Leading Cuban musician arrested"] , "BBC",27 August 2008 ] TheCuban government has been accused byAmnesty International of using the charge almost exclusively against critics of the government. [http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Americas/Cuba]People that have been imprisoned under this charge include:
*José Oscar Sánchez Madan , sentenced to four years in prison [http://www.cpj.org/blackspring/prison_caps.html] [http://thereport.amnesty.org/eng/Regions/Americas/Cuba]
*Guillermo Espinosa Rodríguez , sentenced to two years ofhouse arrest [http://www.cpj.org/blackspring/prison_caps.html]In 2008, the punk rock singer and dissident
Gorki Águila was arrested by police on a charge of social dangerousness. He was eventually ordered to pay a $30 fine for the lesser offence of public disorder, after prosecutors dropped the charge of social dangerousness. [cite web
url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/americas/7589405.stm
title=Cuba punk rocker spared jail term
publisher=BBC News
date=Saturday, 30 August 2008
accessdate=2008-08-30]References
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