Nationwide Tests
On Aug. 7, 2019 FEMA, in coordination with the FCC, conducted the fifth nationwide test of the EAS. Previous EAS national tests were conducted in November 2011, September 2016 and 2017, and October 2018, in collaboration with the Federal Communications Commission, radio and television stations, and emergency management officials.
The audio test message was similar to regular monthly EAS test messages with which the public is familiar: “This is a test of the national Emergency Alert System.” The intent of 2019’s test was to evaluate the readiness of the national alerting capability in the absence of internet connectivity.
Independent journalist Dina Stars, who has been covering the protests in Cuba, is detained by state security forces during a live interview on Spanish television. @Dinastars_ @martaflich pic.twitter.com/2b7uQwr5bp— Alex Salvi (@alexsalvinews) July 13, 2021
On Tuesday, Stars - who has been vocal in her criticism of the government - was arrested while speaking about the protests from her home in Cuba.
During the interview, her friend is seen telling her that the police were waiting outside her home and forced her to end the interview.
'Security is out there... I have to go out,' Stars told host Marta Flich.
As Stars stands up, she said: 'I make the government responsible for whatever happens to me.'
Stars returns moments later to the video interview to tell Flich that she is being taken by the police officers to the station. She was unsure whether she was being arrested but said she was being taken alone without her friends.
'They're taking me to {police HQ]. Live via Spain, I will hold the government responsible for whatever happens to me,' she informed viewers.
Additional footage posted on Twitter appears to show Stars being escorted by two police officers into a vehicle outside her building.
Before her arrest, Stars tweeted that she had been called by the Interior Ministry to request a 'meeting' and when she refused, they said they would serve her 'legal summons'.
She tweeted: 'I have just been called on the phone by people from the MININT [Ministry of the Interior of the Republic of Cuba] who at the time summoned me to ‘meet’ I said no, they told me that they were going to give me a legal summons.
'As soon as I get the summons I will attend with my head held high, I have nothing to hide. I keep you up to top.'
It is unclear whether Stars has been released by the police. She hasn't tweeted since this event.
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