From left, Gisela Delgado Sablón, Héctor Palacios Ruiz, Guillermo Fariñas Hernández, René Gómez Manzano, Iván Hernández Carrillo and Elizardo Sánchez Santa Cruz.
In the aftermath of the death of Laura Pollan and events afterwards, several prominent Cuban dissidents have signed a letter asking that if they become ill, that they not be taken to one of the Castro regime's hospitals.
The aim is "to prevent a suspected illness or death of any of us to be manipulated in some way by the political police of totalitarian regime," the dissidents said.
After Pollan, the leader of the Damas De Blanco died Oct. 14, numerous questions have been raised about the nature of her illness, the treatment she received in a state hospital and how her remains were handled after she died. Soon after her death, Pollan was created.
Those signing the letter include dissidents Gisela Delgado Sablón, Guillermo Fariñas Hernández, Elizardo Sánchez Santa Cruz and René Gómez Manzano; and former Group of 75 prisoners of conscience José Daniel Ferrer García, Iván Hernández Carrillo and Héctor Palacios Ruiz.
The only exception to the request would be "in cases of absolute necessity of having to undergo surgery, provided that this need has been duly accredited by an independent doctor of our confidence," the dissidents said.
Read the group's statement, in Spanish, here.
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