Havana/Prague- Cuban authorities deported a Czech and a Slovak from the
island who took part in an event staged by the Cuban opposition, the
Spanish news agency EFE writes today, referring to diplomatic sources.
Czech ambassador to Havana Vit Korselt told CTK the embassy had learnt
about the case from dissident sources and immigration police, but did
not receive any official information.
A similar comment was given by the Slovak embassy, EFE writes.
According to EFE, both men were arrested in Santa Clara where they had
been accommodated on Sunday morning and on the same day they were made
to board the aircraft of Air France bound for Paris.
The arrested Slovak is a member of the European Network of Election
Monitoring Organizations (ENEMO), EFE says.
The Czech, also a member of an NGO, helped him as translator. Both of
them came to the island on October 19 and on Saturday they attended a
conference organised by Cuban opposition journalist Guillermo Farinas on
the conditions that must be fulfilled if elections are to be transparent
and fair.
Local elections were held in Cuba on Sunday. Foreigners wanted to see
some polling stations in Santa Clara. They were not allowed to do so,
said Farinas, who was also detained for an hour, EFE said.
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