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On the recordJuly 29, 1999
A recent case is that of political activist and human rights dissidenter Nestor Rodriguez Lobaina, who was arbitrarily arrested again on July 11 of this year solely for exercising his right to freedom of expression.
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Ileana Ros-Lehtinen
Republican · Florida

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Highlighting the case of a political activist in Cuba.

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