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NEWS
Urgent
Action Alert For The Life Of Jorge Luis García Pérez "Antúnez" In
Punishment Cell.
(PLACETAS/VILLA CLARA/21 of
octubre/Puenteinfocubamiami.org) -
The political prisoner Jorge Luis García Pérez "Antúnez", has been
confined to a punishment cell in the Prison of Ariza, County of
Cienfuegos since September 19th- denounced his sister, Bertha Antúnez
Pernet via telephone to The Cuban Democratic Directorate.
On September 17 the prisoner lead an act of protest in the prison's
dining room, for the abuses and inhumane conditions the prisioners are
being subjected to and for the humiliating searches performed on their
families.
According to information sent out of the prsion secretly by Antúnez
himself, prison officials confined him to a punishment cell filled with
lime and sand,situation which seriously aggravates his present breathing
deficiency.
The officers that ordered Antúnez attack were: a second unit official by
the name of Jorge, an oficial in charge of the State Security Unit at
the Prison that goes by the name of Lázaro and Rojas Nardo, an official
of the interior order.
Antúnez's family is demanding that authorities move him to a regular
cell since he suffers from a respiratory deficiency due to a nodule in
his left lung, for which he is not receiving any medical attention.
The Cuban Democratic Directorate calls for urgent solidarity actions
from international human rights organizations and all democratic
governments of the world in the case of this cuban political prisoner.
Denounced by Bertha Antúnez Pernet via the telephone from Placetas,
Cuba, to The Cuban Democratic Directorate in Miami, Florida, on October
17, 2003. For further information contact Marilu Del Toro - Cuban
Democratic Directorate at: 305-279-4416. Given to the Information Bridge
Cuba Miami the 21st day of October 2003.
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