Up to 50 arrests at funeral for dissident Oswaldo Paya in Cuba

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By JUAN O. TAMAYO
McClatchy Newspapers


Mourners carry the coffin of the late Cuban activist Oswaldo Paya

Mourners carry the coffin of the late Cuban activist Oswaldo Paya and his picture from a church to a cemetery for his burial in Havana, Cuba. | Ramon Espinosa/AP

By JUAN O. TAMAYO McClatchy Newspapers

MIAMI — Cuban dissident Oswaldo Paya was buried Tuesday as police dragged off and allegedly beat at least 40 supporters who shouted "Freedom!" after his funeral mass, in a clash watched by a large and impassive crowd in Havana.

Relatives and supporters voiced new allegations that Paya was killed in a car crash caused by another vehicle, but a Madrid newspaper reported the Spaniard at the wheel of the car carrying the dissident told police the accident was his fault.

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