In Cuba, families fret over loved ones held after historic protests

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Manuel Diaz is among several people detained for nearly two weeks since joining unprecedented anti-government protests in Cuba. His family is worried.

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According to his lawyer, 59-year-old Diaz needs two or three witnesses to testify that his protest had been peaceful if he wishes to qualify for bail ahead of his trial.Diaz, who works in a bakery, had joined a rally on July 11 in his town of Bauta, some 25 kilometers southwest of Havana.

"For now, nobody has testified and Manuel is still in pre-trial detention," his brother Roberto told AFP by telephone from Miami, where he lives.Almost two weeks after the biggest protests since the revolution that brought Fidel Castro to power in 1959, the communist government has yet to announce the number of people detained.Advertisement

Photo and video operator Anyelo Troya, 25, arrested with his camera near the seat of parliament in Havana, has been sentenced to a year in prison for"public disorder," according to his family.

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