Cuban activist gets 3 years in prison
Cuban youth activist Julián Antonio Monés Borrero, who recently ended a 43-day hunger strike to protest his arrest, was sentenced this week to 3 years in prison for "offenses against authority," according to Cuban Democratic Directorate.
Monés, who had been released from prison earlier this year, was arrested on an assault charge after a communist thug on Sept. 27 objected to the T-shirt he was wearing proclaiming CAMBIO, or "change," and the two got into a scuffle. Monés immediately began a hunger strike and ended his protest only when authorities set a trial date.
The "trial" was a sham, complete with conflicting testimony from the supposed "victim," and the lack of any eyewitness testimony, according to Moné's wife.
Most tellingly, the communist authorities took detained or placed under house arrest several human rights and political activists to prevent them from attending Monés' trial.
“Once more we see the lying, deceptive, unethical, and cowardly conduct of State Security when it comes to a political trial, said Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina, president of the Cuban Youth Movement for Democracy.
Read more about the Monés trial here.
Read more about Monés, a former Political Prisoner of the Week, here
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