LA HABANA, may 20 (Regina del Sol, AIDH) - Prisoner of conscience Marcelo
Amelo Rodríguez died in Aguadores prison, in Santiago de Cuba, according
to Alberto Castillo, president of Ex Club de Presos in Havana.
Amelo Rodríguez was serving 8 years sentence for "rebellion",
but was on parole. He had been approved for a visa to travel to United States,
but was taken into jail again.
The cause of death is so far unknown.
Marcelo Amelo Rodríguez was declared "prisoner of conscience"
by Amnesty International in 2000, while serving sentence.
The president of the Coordinadora Nacional de Presos y Ex Presos Políticos,
Aida Valdés Santana, exhorts the international organizations of human
rights and the International Red Cross to intercede in behalf of the political
prisoners in Cuba.
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