December 07, 2007

Antúnez is arrested

Former Cuban political prisoner Jorge Luis García Pérez “Antúnez” is latest victim of the dictatorship's new-style "preventative repression."

Independent journalist Carlos Serpa Maceira is reporting that Antúnez and his wife, Iris Pérez Aguiler, were arrested, while attempting to attend a peaceful rally near their home in Placetas, in Villa Clara province. Police officers pepper sprayed them and beat them, before taking them to a local police station.

They let Iris go, but Antúnez — who after more than 17 years in prison and a lifetime of resistance to tyranny, is familiar with all the dictatorship's brutal ways — was held for three hours, before being released.

Read Serpa's full report, in Spanish, at Miscelaneas de Cuba.


The good news, Antúnez is out of the hospital.

Posted by Marc at December 7, 2007 01:40 PM

Comments

Marc,

I had lunch at El Intransigente today and spoke to Antunez via cellphone. he's hurt, but in good spirits and grateful for all the support from this side of the Gulfstream. I can tell you that at he is determined for monday.

Posted by: Val Prieto [TypeKey Profile Page] at December 7, 2007 03:34 PM


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