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November 24, 2009

Cuban political prisoner on fast for his rights

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Ricardo González

Cuban prison officials are playing games with independent journalist Ricardo González' Alfonso's health — in the latest news, officials aren't letting him being examined by a glaucoma specialist — so he is fighting back the only way he can, limiting himself to a liquid diet to protest his treatment.

González, who started his protest on Nov. 15 (Day of the Imprisoned Writer) and plans to continue until Dec. 5 (International Human Rights Day), is making three specific demands:

  • That the dictatorship treat González and other political prisoners recognized as such by Amnesty International, as "prisoners of conscience."
  • That the dictatorship immediately release all prisoners of conscience.
  • That the dictatorship provide all available benefits to all political prisoners not considered prisoners of conscience.

González is currently serving a 20-year prison sentence handed down during the "black spring" crackdown of March-April 2003.

Posted by on November 24, 2009 at 11:17 PM in Cuba, Cuba (March 18 Project) |

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