Jail sentence of independent journalist Paez Nuñez has been ratified

On July 24th, without the benefit of a hearing and after confirming that the remedy of appeal would not be admissible, the Court of Havana ratified the 18-month sentence of this bureau's journalist Lorenzo Paez Nuñez in a suit brought against him for contempt and slander of the National Police, contained in File No. 301-97.

A family member of our esteemed colleague residing in Artemisa, a borough of Havana, informed the New Press Agency (Agencia Nueva Prensa) that the court did not allow the defense to present any arguments on behalf of the accused, who will serve his sentence in the Guanajay Penitentiary, where he has already been confined.