Carlos Manuel Figueroa Álvarez
Santiago Roberto Montes de Oca
The roll of the names of Cuban political prisoners recently grew by at least five.
The Hablemos Press news agency/human rights monitor reports that on Oct. 22 in Havana, a court sentenced two activists, Carlos Manuel Figueroa Álvarez and Santiago Roberto Montes de Oca, to prison after they were convicted of charges of "disrespecting" Raul Castro, as if the dictator is deserving of anything more.
The two were originally charged in January During the trial last month, witnesses testfied they saw the defendants carrying signs with anti-Raul messages, including one that caused him the "anti-Christ," and another that declared: "Where are the political prisoners you have tortured and killed, like Laura Pollan and Oswaldo Paya?"
Figueroa was sentenced to 3 years in prison; and Montes de Oca was sentenced to 2 years.
Also in Havana, and by the same Cuban court, three human rights activists were recently convicted of charges of "public disorder," "disrespect" and "resistance," after they were arrested in May during anti-Castro protest. They were carrying signs declaring "Down with Fidel" and "Down with the Castro dictatorship," according to a report posted at Miscelaneas de Cuba.
Sonia de la Caridad González Mejí was sentenced to 4 years in prison.
Rolando Reyes Rabanal was sentenced to 3 years in prison.
Melkis Faure Echavarría was sentenced to 2 years in prison.
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