The sin of thinking

Abstract

Ariel Nidalgo, a Cuban academic and writer, was arrested on 19 August 1981 by members of the Department of State Security and charged under Article 108-1 of the Cuban Penal Code ('Enemy propaganda') with 'incitement against the social order'. In late 1981 he was sentenced to eight years' imprisonment, and eventually released on 4 August 1988. He now lives in Miami, USA. Below, we publish Ariel Hidalgo's testimony on his imprisonment and the background to it..