Vladimir Alejo Miranda (Miscelaneas de Cuba photo)
Vladimir Alejo Miranda, a human rights activist and independent librarian, was released from prison Oct. 23, about 2 months shy of completing a two-year sentence handed down after he was arrested for carrying a sign demanding the release of political prisoners in Cuba.
The Castro dictatorship gets no credit here when it releases a political prisoner upon completion of their "sentence." Men and women imprisoned because of their political opposition to the regime are guilty of no real crime -- Alejo was convicted of "contempt of authority and offending the figure of the commander-in-chief -- so that regime gets no special consideration when it follows its own unjust laws and frees a political prisoner.
That said, his release is welcomed news.
In prison, said Alejo, he witnessed the "hell" the dictatorship has created in its prisons. At one point, it almost killed him when he suffered a heart attack. (For details on exactly what he experienced, read this and this.)
Read more about his release, here; and my Political Prisoner of the Week profile of Alejo here.
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