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July 12, 2014

Cuban Political Prisoners of the Day, Osvaldo Rodriguez A., Juana Castillo & Osvaldo Rodriguez C., July 12, 2014

OsvaldoOsvaldo Rodríguez Acosta, right, and his wife, Juana Castillo

The Cuban Commission on Human Rights and National Reconciliation reported June 23 that by its count, there are currently at least 114 political prisoners in Cuban jails, up from 102 at the end of 2013. (Read the list of prisoners here.)

Today and on each of the next 100 days or so I'm going to try to honor these brave Cubans by sharing their names and little about their respective stories. Ever since I started this blog, I have felt it vital to remember their names, names the regime would rather have the world never know. That is the only way to fully grasp the injustices they are suffering.

Today's prisoners are Osvaldo Rodriguez Acosta, his wife Juana Castillo Acosta and their son Osvaldo Rodriguez Castillo.

Rodriguez, leader of the Patrioic Alliance Movement in the town of Bejucal, and his son, Osvaldo Rodríguez Castillo, were convicted of trumped-up charges, after police in September 2012 raided their home, after the family refused to let the younger Rodriguez be inducted into the military. The elder Rodriguez was sentenced to 9 years in prison; the younger Rodríguez was sentenced to five years in prison; and the pair's wife and mother was sentenced to 5 years of labor without incarceration.

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