After more than 19 months in jail, Vladimir Alejo Miranda may be near to finally getting his day in court.
Of course, it will be a secret trial.
Alejo, a human rights activist and independent librarian, was arrested in December 2007 for carrying through a public park a sign calling for the release of Cuban political prisoners. Although imprisoned since, Alejo has never been formally charged with a crime.
This week, RIta Maria Montes de Oca told independent journalist Lilvio Fernández Luís that her husband has been transferred from Agüica prison in Matanzas to the Combinado del Este prison in Havana. Officials told her the move was made so that Alejo could receive needed treatment for a heart condition, and so that he could stand trial on a charge of "disrespect," according to Luís's report.
The trial, an official told Montes de Oca, would be behind "closed doors."
"We will not allow any provocations," the official said.
Read my December 2008 profile of Vladimir Alejo, here.
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