Marcelino Abreu
Tired of waiting for the Castro dictatorship to deliver on its promise to release him, Cuban political prisoner Marcelino Abreu has started a new hunger strike.
His jailers in June promised Abreu that he would be released in August, which was enough to convince him to end a lengthy hunger strike. The promised release date was later delayed until September, then to Oct. 10.
Still in patient, and his patience exhausted, Abreu, who is being held in a military hospital, on Friday started a new hunger strike, even though his condition is still weakened after his previous protest.
Abreu was arrested Aug. 13, 2012 -- Fidel Castro's birthday -- after the police caught him distributing anti-government leaflets and shouting anti-Castro slogans.
It wasn't until more than a year later, on Aug. 29, 2013, that Abreu was tried, convicted of bogus charges of "public disorder" and "disrespecting" Fidel Castro -- yes, the latter is a real "crime" in Cuba -- and sentenced to 4 years in prison.
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