The case of Dominican journalist Vianco Martínez who was beaten up at the Havana international airport by Cuban security officers was presented by the United Nations to the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Relations, the Listín Diario reported. Martínez is the communications officer for the UN Population Fund in the Dominican Republic. Martínez was told on Sunday, 12 April at the Cuban airport that his name was not on the passenger list for the Cubana de Aviación flight he had booked. He was told he would have to wait for the Thursday, 16 April flight to leave Cuba. When he protested and asked for his case to be heard by a superior office, he received as a response a beating by three agents that reportedly acted on instructions of an officer of the airline.
