UPDATED, Sept. 4, 2010 — Julian Moné got word that he will be released.
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Cuban political prisoner Julián Antonio Moné Borrero has been told by authorities that he will be released on Friday, Sept. 3.
If Moné is released — and in Cuba, assurances from the regime are never promises you are sure will be kept — it will not be because the Spanish government or the Catholic hierarchy intervened with the dictatorship on his behalf.
Moné will be released because of his force of will, because of his courage, because of his faith that justice in his case would prevail.
Since July 1, he has been on hunger strike, demanding his release, as allowed under Cuban law after completing a certain portion of his sentence. Moné in September 2008 was arrested for wearing a T-shirt emblazoned with the word CAMBIO, or "change," convicted of "assault," and sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Despite being hospitalized because of the ill effects of his protest, Moné continued his hunger strike.
And promises from his jailers notwithstanding, he tells independent journalist Roberto Guerra his protest is not yet over. He just doesn't trust his captors' words.
"They say that on Sept. 3, I will be freed. But I'll believe it when I have the document of freedom in my hands," Moné said. "Meanwhile, I will not give in at any time. I'm still on strike."
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