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Gorki Aguila has been arrested in Havana for "dangerousness."
Aguila was arrested in the middle of recording a new album for his band Porno para Ricardo.
What exactly do charges of "dangerousness" entail?Gorki Aguila has been arrested in Havana for "dangerousness."
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Following a two-hour trial, the court ordered Gorki Aguila to pay $28 and released the 39-year-old singer.
"I am very proud of all the people who have supported me, and I feel even more hate for this tyranny," Aguilar told reporters upon his release.
The fine is big money in a country where nearly everyone, Aguila included, works for the state and takes home an average of $19.50 per month.
But Aguila would have faced far more severe punishment had he been convicted of "social dangerousness," which the government defines as violating "communist morality." That charge is often used to detain would-be offenders before they have a chance to commit a crime.
Elizardo Sanchez, head of the independent Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation took the unusual step of attending the trial — which was open to Aguila's father and band mates as well as about 10 of his supporters, but closed to reporters.
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GORKI FREE! Statement by Gorki
Gorki: Imaginate, de un juicio politico tuvieron que hacerme un juicio por conducta antisocial, por hacer ruido, etc, gracias a la enorme presion internacional y la verdad en la mano, y el abogado Henry Rosello, un valiente, gracias a eso pudimos derrotarlos.... Lo unico que me pudieron decir fue lo del ruido.... Te tengo que decir, estoy impresionado por el apoyo. Nunca me imagine que tanta gente en todo el mundo fuera a apoyarme de esa manera.
Gorki: "Imagine, from a political trial they had to try me for antisocial conduct, for making noise etc, thanks to the enormous international pressure y and the truth at hand, and the lawyer Henry Rosello, the brave, thanks to all that we were able to defeat them...The only thing they could tell me was about the noise ...I have to say that I am impressed by the support. I never imagined that so many people in the world would support me in this manner.
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Full interview available here in Spanish
http://www.blacksheepofexile.blogspot.com/
GORKI FREE! Statement by Gorki
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The court appearance is today help spread the word and put the dictatorship on notice! Keep an eye out in the news. Forward this to other people of goodwill that can help.
Click on here for background CNN story on the band
http://www.pornopararicardo.com/videos/gorki-en-cnn-cuban-band-blasts-government.html
Cuba is to charge a punk rocker today with "social dangerousness" because his songs denounce and deride the communist government. Gorki Aguila, lead singer of Porno para Ricardo, faces up to four years in prison for openly defying the revolution and scorning Fidel and Raul Castro as "geriatrics". The 39-year-old has been in police custody since Monday and was due to appear at the Playa municipal court in western Havana to be charged with subverting "communist morality".
Police arrested Aguila at his home where he was completing a new album provisionally called Geriatric Central Committee, a reference to the ageing leadership. Formed 10 years ago as part of an underground music movement, Porno para Ricardo is banned from official airwaves.
From Cuban rocker deemed government threat
Star news services
http://www.kansascity.com/news/nation/story/772277.html
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A court in Havana, Cuba, has ordered a punk rock musician to pay a fine of $30 (£15) for public disorder for playing his band's music too loud.
However, Gorki Aguila was cleared of a more serious charge that could have led to a jail sentence. The lead singer of band Porno Para Ricardo is known for songs that ridicule Cuba's communist government. He had faced a possible four year term in prison for the crime known in Cuba as social dangerousness.
The controversial law allows the jailing of people who the authorities believe have been displaying behaviour that would indicate they could be on the verge of committing a crime. But, prior to the trial, prosecutors decided to drop the charge. Instead Mr Aguila was found guilty of public disorder for playing his group's music too loud while they were recording their new album. He was then ordered to pay a $30 fine and released.
Minutes later, the outspoken bushy-haired singer told reporters gathered outside his house that it was clear the international interest in his case had played a key role in the last-minute decision by prosecutors to drop the more serious charge he was facing.
He also vowed to continue criticising the Cuban government and its emblematic communist leaders like Fidel Castro and the current president, Raul Castro. Nothing, he said, could ever be gained by remaining silent. There has been no comment regarding the case from the Cuban authorities. A court in Havana, Cuba, has ordered a punk rock musician to pay a fine of $30... more
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