June 23, 2004

"Dissident Activities"

That's the phrase Castro's regime uses to take proponents for change in Cuba out of their homes by force, interrogate them and sometimes encarcerate them. They also make you move away from where you live, take away your jobs and see to it that you cannot live a normal life.

HAVANA, June 22 (www.cubanet.org) - Daysis Santos, wife of Varela Project activist Nivaldo Díaz Castellón, was taken from her home to a police station where she was told her husband could be imprisoned for 20 years if he continued his dissident activities.

According to Santos, local police chief Hugo Correa in Pinar del Rio province took her from her home June 2, leaving behind alone her young daughter. She was released after three hours of questioning by an officer of state security.

She said she was told that Díaz Castellón could be sentenced to 20 years if he continued his work with the Varela Project and also the Christian Liberation Movement.

Díaz Castellón is member of a dissident family forced to settle in a rural community away from its original home in Escambray.

Democratic Presidential Candidate John Kerry has stated that these "dissident activities" are counter-productive. Which, as it happens, is exactly what the Castro regime keeps saying.

Posted by Val Prieto at June 23, 2004 07:32 AM

Comments

Off-topic, sort of.

Thought you might be interested in this.

Posted by: Rob A. at June 23, 2004 07:55 AM

Sadly, although I was completely unaware of this specific case, this comes as no surprise whatsoever. I wish Castro would just die already.

Posted by: justin at June 23, 2004 12:11 PM

His (Castro's) payday is coming I am sure. I don't think that he will like the currency, though. I do hope that the American people are wise enough to see through Kerry. It would be really nice if a poll would come out that you could trust not to be skewed by the political leanings of either party. I'd love to know what the majority of Americans REALLY think. I guess we'll find out in November.

Posted by: JED at June 23, 2004 05:16 PM

http://www.wfn.org/2004/06/msg00157.html

This does worry me, I always think to myself, I must be wrong if some religious organization agrees with me. And it's quit bad this time, they almost make my exact argument.

Madtom

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