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(HAVANA,CUBA/April 5th /Puenteinfocubamiami.org) –
I, Jorge Luis Larrazábal Zulueta, prisoner of conscience of the
political "Presidio" Pedro Luis Boitel, presently in Combinado de
Guantánamo, sanctioned to 3 years in jail for the presumed crime of
disrespect to the figure of Cuban president Fidel Castro Ruz, in the cause No.
22/2000, publicly denounce before the international public opinion that they
have me in solitary confinement in a "tapiada" punishment cell known
"tola" because I was able to unite the inmates in detachments 1-B
and 2-B of this prison by transmitting to them that there is a battle going on
against all the injustices that are being committed against the Cuban
prisoners.
This has been a source of preoccupation to the High Command of the Prison
System and is the reason why I have been incommunicado since February 25th in
the most terrible conditions, sleeping on the floor, I cannot bathe because
there is no running water in this hole, all my family visits have been
suspended for the past two months, depriving me from having any contact with my
family and my children, torturing me physically and mentally.
In this cell in solitary confinement, I am kept with my hands and feet
handcuffed from 7 in the morning to 7 at night by orders of the assassin Pablo
Reyes Cobas, I am not allowed to have any breakfast nor lunch, and my body
wastes roll down my legs because they keep my hands handcuffed to my back. I can
only eat dinner after they remove the handcuffs at 7 o'clock at night.
I am under constant threats; they don't respect doctor's order, which state
that due to my health problems I cannot be kept in this place, nobody listens. I
was transferred to this cell on February 25th, I cannot remember when was the
last time they gave me my medication. An authorization has to be issued for
medical assistance; no authorization has been issued in my case.
I am victim of the most ruthless violation of human rights; they want to
drain my conscience by the use of force. I have decided to start a 10 days
hunger strike beginning today March 19th to protest this criminal isolation,
torture and humiliation of which I am victim.
The people in charge of these repugnant acts are:
1. Tte. Colonel Reynaldo, Head of jails and prisons.
2. Tte. Colonel Jorge Chediak Perez, Unit Commander .
3. Captain Silvester Obret Herrera,Head of the DSE.
4. Major Pablo Reyes Cobas, Head of inner order.
These are the assassins who are torturing me. I want the world to know them
by name and therefore accuse them as violators of human rights.
Last Thursday, April 3rd, the Civic Resistance Movement Pedro Luis
Boitel received this denouncement dated March 19th 2002, signed by the prisoner
of conscience Jorge Luis Larrazabal Zulueta, from the jail of Combinado de Guantánamo,
also known as Provincial Prison of Guantánamo, in the Guantánamo
Province, and sent it to The Democratic Party November 30 "Frank País"
in Havana.
From the Cuban Center for Information, Luis Osvaldo
Manzaneira Cúcalo, President in Function of the Democratic Party November
30 " Frank País". For the Information Bridge Cuba Miami. Given
on April 4th, 2002. | 
