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Yoani Sanchez denied another traveling visa

Categories: Latin America, Cuba, Citizen Media, Digital Activism, Freedom of Speech, Human Rights, International Relations, Technology

Cuban blogger Yoani Sanchez [1] tweets about another visa refusal for traveling [2], this time to receive the World Press Freedom Hero [3] Award in Vienna, Austria. And it seems unlikely she could attend the Internet for Peace [4] conference (New York City, Sept. 21), a global initiative aimed at supporting the Internet as a candidate for 2010 Nobel Peace Prize, where Yoani is one its official ambassadors [5].