Express Chronicle, Urgent Message - January 9, 1997 - 6.30 A.M.

HAVANA. Cuban police arrested United States citizen Irena Lasoto, president of Institute for Democracy in Eastern Europe, when entering the country. She was arrested on 8th of january at 6.00 p.m. by the board security office in Hose-Marti airport of Havana. Last times Irena Lasoto visited Cuba a lot of times and kept close with cuban dissidents -- we suppose it as the reason of her arrest it is unknown at the moment, will she be blamed with something or just deported from Cuda.

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