2008-01-13. www.oswaldopaya.org
Oswaldo J. Paya Sardiñas, Christian Liberation Movement (MCL)
Havana, January 9, 2008- Antonio (Tony Díaz) Sánchez, is besieged by
prison authorities and due to his hunger strike protest, he was taken
from the 5 and a half meter by five meter cell that he crowdedly shared
with 27 other political prisoners and 9 bunks, to live with highly
dangerous common prisoners.
This is a practice of maximum punishment that is sophisticatedly
organized by the prison authorities in order to intimidate and to expose
the prisoner to the most barbarian attacks by high risk delinquents,
criminals.
We can use as an example the case of Rolando Jiménez, a Varela Project
organizer who is currently serving a sentence at the Guayaba prison, on
the Isle of Youth.
Rolando was first lieutenant in the Ministry of Interior. He was the
legal counsel in charge of processing prosecutions against drug
trafficking and in a recent "roundtable" program he was attacked by the
journalist Lázaro Barredo. He responded courageously to Barredo's
insults. In retaliation, on December 31 the regime put Rolando in a cell
to live with common prisoners and provoked these prisoners so that they
gave Rolando a severe beating that left him disfigured.
We alert the international community, institutions responsible for the
defense of human rights, and governments and authorities to demand that
the Cuban government pay immediate attention and restore the rights that
Antonio (Tony) Díaz Sánchez and other political prisoners are entitled
to in prison as they are subjected to a level of repression in these
moments that has never been seen before.
Oswaldo J. Paya Sardiñas
Christian Liberation Movement (MCL)
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For more information or to obtain a copy of the press release, please
contact: Julio Hernández or Francisco De Armas, International
Representatives, Christian Liberation Movement, (787) 549-1805,
mcl2004jhs@yahoo.com, fdamcl@cs.com
http://www.miscelaneasdecuba.net/web/article.asp?artID=13494
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