Mijail Bárzaga

Mijail Bárzaga Lugo (his name being the Spanish rendering of the Russian name Михаил, usually spelled Mikhail in English) is a Cuban dissident who worked as a freelance journalist in Havana and was incarcerated in Cuba for seven years as a prisoner of conscience recognized by Amnesty International.^[1]

In 2003, during the Black Spring crackdown on dissidents, the regime accused Mijail Bárzaga of publishing subversive and counter-revolutionary news on Internet sites such as Cubanet, Cubaliberal and Payolibre. He was sentenced to 15 years in jail for his journalism.^{[2][not in citation given]} He was released from prison in July 2010 and immediately exiled to Spain together with his family.^[3]

References

1. ^ "Cuba: One year too many: prisoners of conscience from the March 2003 crackdown". Amnesty International. 16 March 2004. http://www.amnesty.org/en/library/info/AMR25/005/2004. 
2. ^ "Mijail Bárzaga". Reporters Without Borders. http://www.rsf.org/article.php3?id_article=6841. 
3. ^ Cuba: Tenth journalist released, exiled to Spain In: PEN International, 23 July 2010