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| Jailed Cuba dissidents are said to be ill |
| By Washington Post |
| Published: 02/23/2004 |
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At least 20 Cuban dissidents, part of a group of 75 journalists, librarians, and economists arrested almost a year ago, are seriously ill in Cuban prison cells where they are being held under inhumane conditions, according to wives, friends, and human rights activists in Cuba. "They are killing these people," said Miriam Leiva, whose imprisoned husband, Oscar Espinosa Chepe, is suffering from advanced cirrhosis of the liver. Espinosa, 63, an economist who was sentenced to 20 years for criticizing Fidel Castro's economic policies, is being held in a cell on the grounds of a military hospital in Havana, Leiva said. She said that his cell had no windows or running water and that the lights were kept on 24 hours a day. He has lost 40 pounds, is unable to eat, and has a fungal infection covering his legs, she said. Castro's government rounded up the 75 dissidents last March and charged them with conspiring with the United States to subvert the Cuban government. The dissidents, many of them in their 50s and 60s, were convicted in trials that were condemned as shams by lawmakers and religious and human rights groups. They were given sentences of up to 28 years. The reasons for the crackdown have not been made clear; there has been speculation that Castro moved to silence his critics while attention elsewhere was focused on the war in Iraq. Castro's government has said the dissidents were on the payroll of the US government, which US officials deny. Information about prison conditions faced by the dissidents comes in letters from prison, occasional phone calls, and family visits. The International Committee of the Red Cross, rights groups, and journalists have not been granted access to the prisons. Cuban officials in Washington and Havana did not respond to telephone messages seeking comment about the prisoners. |
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