CUBA NEWS
January 12, 2004

Florida resident serving prison term in Cuba since 1999 sends letter

Information Bridge Cuba Miami.

(HAVANA, Cuba, / January 8 / Puenteinfocubamiami.org) - On July 2, 1999, I was intercepted in the East Coast of Havana by members of the Cuban political police, while attempting to pick up my family and bring them with me to the United States. My family never arrived at the rendezvous point and later I learned that the Cuban political police had my family arrested 4 hours before I reached the Cuban shore.

I was tried and sentenced to 20 years in prison for the supposed crime of "illegal traffic of humans".

At the present time I am serving my sentence at the prison Combinado del Este, 4th floor North, building #2 company 2408, my personal interest is for this to be sent to all human rights international organisms as an accusation for all the human rights violations they have so far inflicted on me since August 7, 2003.

I have a Dermatitis herpetiforme of the diurin", a bad intestinal absorption, corroborated by two biopsies, a very high arterial hypertension for which I have to take 75 ml of cartoprin on a daily basis. Doctors have prescribed me a special diet due to my precarious health but prison official refuse to provide me with the proper diet.

Since August 7, 2003 to this date, November 12, 2003, prison officials have refused to give me my medications and stopped giving me any food at all. I have tried speaking with prison officials to no avail.

One year ago I was taken to the legal medical commission and the verdict was that in spite of all my illnesses, I was physically compatible with the penitentiary regime for I was not terminally ill.

I want that a copy of my testimonial be sent to all human rights organizations, newspapers and radio stations in the free World for I want them to know the abuses I am being subjected to in the Cuban prisons.

Gilberto Granda Tamayo, a resident of the United States.

My address in the United State is:

453 W.25 Place.
Hialeah, Fl. 33010

Reporting from Havana Gilberto Figueredo Alvarez, correspondent for Lux Info Press. For the Information Bridge Cuba Miami , given on January 5, 2004.



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