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February 21, 2002



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Violence from government officials responsible for child's emotional disorders

CAMAGÜEY, 19 de febrero (Yoel Blanco, CPIC / www.cubanet.org) - The Interior ministry and local government officials in Florida, Camagüey province, are responsible for the mental wounds suffered by eleven-year-old Lázaro Iglesias.

The psychologist treating the child said he suffers from extreme fear, anxiety, crying, aggressiveness and depression.

Lázaro’s problems started after local authorities carried out a show of repudiation at a house across the street from Lázaro’s home. Human rights activists had congregated at the house to inaugurate an independent library December 25, 2001.

A mob made up of agents of the State Security Department, the National Police, the Communist Party, and the Rapid Response Brigades, stormed the house and beat up the dissidents who were inaugurating the library, calling them "terrorists" and "lackeys of the Americans."

Lázaro’s father and family friends were among those who were beat up, as the child watched.


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