Havana, December 26 (Reinaldo Cosano Alén / www.cubanet.org) -
Officials of the Security of the State and the National police, as well as
members of paramilitary groups organized by the government, confiscated books
and attacked participants at the inauguration of the independent library "Enmanuel",
while the Christian communities celebrated the birth of Jesus this 25 of
December.
This Evangelical independent library is located at the home of the Lázaro
Iglesias Estrada, in Florida, Camagüey province.
Since early morning the police and paramilitary forces began to harass the
participants as they arrived to the library. Carlos Brizuela Year, reporter of
the School of Independent Journalists of Camagüey, was stopped by the
organized crowd when on his way to the place to cover the news.
The reporter was arrested by the official of the political police that
identifies itself as Echemendía and by other agents of that repressive
body.
Juan Carlos González Leiva, president of the Cuban Foundation of
Human rights, present at the act, recounts: "We protested, shouting for
human rights, I shouted: Down with Fidel Castro! The agents came unto us,
hitting and striking. Delio Laureano Requejo received a hard blow on his
shoulder, dislocating his arm. Journalist Normando Hernandez González was
wounded in the mouth and all over his body. Reporters Lexter Téllez
Castro and Misley Delgado Bombino were also beaten and Ms. Delgado received a
blow on the head with a police cane. Both Pastor Lázaro Iglesias Estrada
and Joel García were harmed. Brizuela Yera came out with a broken mouth,
whereas Marcelo Tier Perez was beaten despite being 70 years old. I was struck
on the ribs, my eye glasses were shattered and my clothes ripped, leaving me
almost naked."
Blanca González, mother of Normando Hernandez González,
explained: "The library could not be inaugurated because the police
operative was monstrous. It was terrible. They pushed them, they beat them, they
were forcedly thrown inside police patrol cars. The police organized a crowd
yelling insults aimed at the activists. It is the most terrible thing I've seen
in my life".
A public prosecutor confiscated all books of the library.
Enmanuel, Hebrew word, mean God is with us.
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