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FROM
CUBA
Cuban
independent journalist urges Castro to undertake
a worldwide amnesty program
HAVANA, Cuba, Dec. 2 (www.cubanet.org)
- Independent journalist Santiago du Bouchet
has sent a letter to president Fidel Castro
asking him to undertake a worldwide amnesty
campaign for political prisoners, including
those in Cuba.
"The enormous authority that you have
gives you an extraordinary jurisdiction,
also grave responsibilities," he said
in a letter dated November 17. "At
stake is the destiny of a heroic people
that has a right to prosperity and happiness."
Du Bouchet, who described himself as someone
who approved of much of what the revolution
had brought, said he had never before written
to Castro but felt the time to do so had
come.
"Show a harsh world that the bank
of kindness is not bankrupt," he wrote.
"Nothing stops you from doing it: think
about it."
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