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| "Remember them that are in bonds, as bound with them." Hebrews 13:3 |
| Virgilio Mantilla Arango | |
Case#: 28/02 Alleged crime: Public disorder Sentence: 7 Years Prison: Cerámica Roja. Camaguey Wife: Niurquis Padrón Ramos Organization: Fundación Cubana de Derechos Humanos Review: Virgilio Mantilla Arango was arrested along with other activists for peacefully protesting the physical mistreatment of an independent journalist by the Cuban political police. In prison Mantilla Arango was himself physically abused by 8 prison guards for distributing hundreds of hand-written flyers denouncing the government’s abuses against its citizens. He was handcuffed and taken to an isolated cell in which they proceeded to beat him. On another occasion the prison authorities wanted the prisoners to attend a meeting in which they were forced to watch a television program called Tribuna Abierta, which it is designed to indoctrinate them. Mantilla Arango led his fellow political prisoners in protest and began shouting ‘Down with Fidel Castro’. Their punishment was solitary confinement. Captain César Bombino of the political police is in charge of gathering and organizing the common prisoners with the purpose of beating Mantilla Arango. Mantilla Arango continues to denounce human right violations in Cuba’s prisons and maintains a firm position rooted in the civil disobedience philosophy. Mantilla Arango’s wife,- Niurquis Padrón Ramos has said that her husband has not only been punished for his political activities, but also because of the color of his skin. Review authored by ‘Proyecto Rostros del Presidio’ using diverse sources. |
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