Watchdog says Cuban journalist jailed

CNN January 21, 1999 Watchdog says Cuban journalist jailed

                  PARIS, Jan 21 (Reuters) - The international press freedom watchdog
                  Reporters without Borders (RsF) said a Cuban journalist had been jailed for
                  four years for "dangerous social behavior."

                  RsF said Jesus Joel Diaz Hernandez, a correspondent for the cooperative of
                  independent journalists CAPI, was detained on Monday and sentenced the
                  following day in Moron.

RsF said Diaz Hernandez had gone on hunger strike and his relatives had
appealed against the sentence.

                  The group said two other journalists were in prison in Communist Cuba:
                  Bernardo Arevalo Padron, jailed in 1997 for six years, and Manuel
                  Gonzalez who was held three months ago and is awaiting trial.