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The Cuban government sentenced
two accredited members of the General Assembly to Promote the Civil
Society in Cuba.
The following letter was received by the
Executive Committee of the General Assembly to Promote the Civil Society
in Cuba from the Manzanillo prison located in the province of Granma,
Cuba. It was written by Elio Enrique Chavez Ramón of the 20 de Mayo
independent library and an accredited participant of the Assembly under
registration number 3244, and Luis Elio de la Paz Ramón of the 10 de
Octubre independent library also accredited to
participate in the Assembly under registration number 3245. Both
activists were arrested and sentenced to 3 and 2 years in prison
respectively. The letter describes the mock trial both had to endured.
“The Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Gómez Vásquez Allen ordered the guards to
take us out of our cell to interview us. He said we were very dangerous
and for certain we were going to be sentenced. He further told us to say
anything we wanted in court, but that the jury was not going to relieve
or take into account anything we had to say on our behalf.
The Lieutenant Colonel added that the official news was that we were not
under arrest, but rather participants in a government program for the
revolution in which we were going to work and study. We told him we
disagreed and we were not going to work or study. They were going to
judge and sentence us for our political beliefs and our right to freedom
was being violated. The Lieutenant Colonel said the police had nothing
to do with it, the officials who were present and him had agreed so. In
other words Lieutenant Colonel Manuel Gómez Vásquez Allen and his gang
were the judge and jury. The members of the jury obeyed them. We
consider this to be blackmail and humiliation, but we are not going to
work for the regime of an old decrepit lying despot. We will serve our
sentence.
Long live the General Assembly to Promote the Civil Society in Cuba
Long live the 20th of May
Long live Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello
Long live René Gómez Manzano
Long live Félix Bonne Carcassés
These compatriots are cousins and are confined in the Delegación
Provincial de Manzanillo of the PDR, located on Primero de Mayo Avenue.
They will be transferred to an unknown prison once their paperwork is
completed.
This case demonstrates that Fidel Castro and his regime are employing
all their resources and methods to frustrate the preparations and
ultimately prevent the General Meeting of the Assembly to Promote the
Civil Society in Cuba next May 20th. We are calling the attention of the
international organizations and community in general to the risks facing
the participants of the Assembly.
Source:
www.netforcuba.org
For more information regarding
the Assembly to Promote the
Civil Society in
Cuba please visit
www.asambleasociedadcivilcuba.info
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