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NEWS
INDEPENDENT LIBRARIAN HAS BEEN
DETAINED
INMEDIATE PRESS RELEASE
MAY 7, 2007
CONTACT: Berta Mexidor 601-979-8651
Gustavo Colas Castillo, the Director of the Independent Library Leopoldo
Pita, in Amancio, Las Tunas has been detained since this past Saturday,
May 5th. In a telephone conversation, Leonor Castillo, who is in Cuba
and the mother of the librarian, confirmed that a relative had received
a call from the police informing about his detention without disclosing
the specific place where he was being held.
It was known that the activist was traveling to several provinces of the
eastern of Cuba in the attempt to meet with other members of the
Independent Libraries Project in Cuba with the purpose to consolidate
this cultural initiative that arose in March, 1998 in Las Tunas. The
initiative took place after the Cuban leader Fidel Castro stated that
“in Cuba there are no prohibited books there just isn't any money to buy
them”
Colas Castillo is also the Deputy Director of Independent Libraries of
Cuba and centers his work in the Eastern part of the island. The
relatives and the Independent Librarians in Cuba make the Cuban
authorities responsible for the fate of Gustavo Colas who has devoted
himself only to the promotion of reading without censorship in Cuba.
Berta Mexidor
Abroad Representative for Independent Libraries
Editor’s Note: The Independent Libraries Project has been promoting
intelectual freedom in Cuba trouhg “Reading without Censorship.” The
efford is supported by Jackson State University and the Mississippi
Consortium for International Development.
www.Bibliocuba.org
Collaboration: www.payolibre.com
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