{"id":591283,"date":"2021-07-14T16:36:16","date_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:36:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=591283"},"modified":"2021-07-14T16:36:18","modified_gmt":"2021-07-14T20:36:18","slug":"watch-cuban-authorities-arrest-popular-youtube-reporter-during-live-interview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/watch-cuban-authorities-arrest-popular-youtube-reporter-during-live-interview\/","title":{"rendered":"WATCH: Cuban Authorities Arrest Popular YouTube Reporter During Live Interview"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwatch-cuban-authorities-arrest-popular-youtube-reporter-during-live-interview%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=591283&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233949080.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>In one of the more shocking examples of the Cuban government\u2019s crackdown on critics, a popular YouTuber and independent reporter, who goes by the name&nbsp;Dina Stars, was detained by Cuban government authorities during a live interview with a Spanish television show.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cA popular Cuban YouTuber was detained by government security forces on live television Tuesday morning as she was discussing the sweeping arrests of activists, protesters, and journalists,\u201d National Public Radio reported Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDina Stars was speaking live on <em>Todo Es Mentira<\/em><em>, <\/em>a Spanish television news show when she said state security forces were knocking on her door and demanding she go with them to a Havana police station,\u201d the outlet noted.<\/p>\n<p>The incident was captured live, as one of Stars\u2019 friends tried to keep cameras rolling during Stars\u2019 interview and eventual arrest. The video, taken from a hiding spot, shows Stars talking to Cuban officials and then being carted off. Stars is in the upper right-hand corner of the panel.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.1777003484321\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8BREAKING\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Cuban state security forces detain independent journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dinastars_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DinaStars_<\/a>  as she she was being interviewed live on TV by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/martaflich?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@martaflich<\/a> of Spain. She has been covering the protests.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PatriaYVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PatriaYVida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/2EgToHXDdq\">pic.twitter.com\/2EgToHXDdq<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiancarloSopo\/status\/1414982990422286346?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Stars told the program\u2019s host that she was likely being detained and that viewers should hold the Cuban government responsible for \u201canything that may happen to me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI hold the government responsible for anything that may happen to me,\u201d &nbsp;she said.&nbsp;\u201cI have to go. They told me to accompany them.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>A separate video, also taken by someone in the house with Stars and uploaded to Twitter, shows Stars interacting directly with Cuban authorities and then leaving with them in a white police vehicle.<\/p>\n<p>WATCH:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.7316293929712\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a>\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>Here is the moment when Cuban state security forces attested independent journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dinastars_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dinastars_<\/a>. <\/p>\n<p>She was detained while giving an interview live on television to a news outlet in Spain.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PatriaYVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PatriaYVida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/OfErh8ALHd\">https:\/\/t.co\/OfErh8ALHd<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/JMs9SoptFG\">pic.twitter.com\/JMs9SoptFG<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiancarloSopo\/status\/1414984891285004292?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>NPR notes that Stars was at the pro-democracy protests on Sunday and that she uploaded videos of the demonstrations including \u201cvideos of herself, in which she criticized the nation\u2019s leaders.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cStars has been actively covering the ongoing protests against Cuba\u2019s government and the financial strains on Cubans, who are seeking access to healthcare and, in many protests, demanding government officials step down,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thewrap.com\/dina-stars-cuba-protests\/\">The Wrap added<\/a>. \u201cOn Twitter, her bio translates to, \u2018Behind every woman there is a story that makes her a warrior.\u2019 She has 26,000 followers on that platform, 99,000 on Instagram, and 36,000 on YouTube.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Late Tuesday, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), who has been vocal in advocating for the pro-democracy demonstrators in Cuba, demanded Cuban authorities release Stars.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe world is watching Cuban authorities arrest &amp; beat dozens of peaceful protesters &amp; independent voices, including @DinaStars_. Many remain missing; we join their families &amp; call for their immediate release. The repression must end, and the people\u2019s voices must be heard,\u201d Rubio tweeted.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.3076923076923\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Independent journalist <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Dinastars_?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@Dinastars_<\/a>  was live on the air today with a tv station in Spain when Cuban regime state security entered her home &amp; ask that she come with them. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SosCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SosCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PatriaYVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PatriaYVida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/VV83uQViDw\">pic.twitter.com\/VV83uQViDw<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Marco Rubio (@marcorubio) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/marcorubio\/status\/1415014879929438210?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Star is now \u201cone of about 148 people who have been detained or disappeared, including seven journalists, since a wave of anti-government protests erupted across dozens of Cuban cities on Sunday, according to Cubalex, a U.S.-based organization of human rights lawyers that is tracking the roundups with the help of journalists and social media posts.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>At least one person who took part in the protests is reportedly dead.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018A 36-year-old man named by the state news agency as Diubis Laurencio Tejeda died during an anti-government protest on the outskirts of Havana on Monday, the interior ministry said,\u201d according to France 24. \u2018The ministry said it \u2018mourns\u2019 his death while the news agency said he had taken part in \u2018disturbances.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>One other reporter, Camila Acosta, who reports for a Spanish newspaper, but is based in Havana, was \u201creportedly taken from her home in Havana early Monday,\u201d after covering Sunday\u2019s mass protests. The Cuban government told Spanish authorities that Acosta will be charged with \u201ccrimes against state security,\u201d <a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/europe\/spain-demands-immediate-release-journalist-detained-cuba-2021-07-13\/\">according to Reuters<\/a>, which is tracking missing reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cSpain defends the right to demonstrate freely and peacefully and asks the Cuban authorities to respect it. We unconditionally defend human rights,\u201d Spain\u2019s foreign minister, Jos\u00e9 Manuel Albares, said Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p>Cuba\u2019s San Isidro free speech movement is posting an ever-growing list of detainees to Twitter daily.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"9.7333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ATENCI%C3%93N?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ATENCI\u00d3N<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/14Jul?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#14Jul<\/a>| Listado de detenidos\/desaparecidos en desarrollo, tras las protestas pac\u00edficas en <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Cuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Cuba<\/a>  desde el 11 de julio  del 2021. <br \/>Responsabilizamos a Miguel Diaz Canel y la polic\u00eda pol\u00edtica por la represi\u00f3n desplazada hacia la sociedad civil cubana. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> \ud83e\uddf51\/2 <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/emNSbb4XJv\">pic.twitter.com\/emNSbb4XJv<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Movimiento San Isidro (@Mov_sanisidro) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Mov_sanisidro\/status\/1415379444227837956?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 14, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>\u201cWe hold Miguel Diaz Canel and the political police responsible for the repression against Cuban civil society,\u201d the group said.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><i>member<\/i><\/a><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In one of the more shocking examples of the Cuban government\u2019s crackdown on critics, a popular YouTuber and independent reporter, who goes by the name\u00a0Dina Stars, was detained by Cuban &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314707,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233949080.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Cuban Authorities Arrest Popular YouTube Reporter During Live Interview","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-591283","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233949080.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"WATCH: Cuban Authorities Arrest Popular YouTube Reporter During Live Interview","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591283","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=591283"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/591283\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314707"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=591283"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=591283"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=591283"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}