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FROM
CUBA
Cuban
prisoners of conscience sent open letter
of complaint
HAVANA, November 12 (www.cubanet.org)
- Eight dissidents confined at the Kilometer
5 ½ prison in Pinar del Rio province
have written an open letter denouncing their
treatment.
The prisoners complained in a letter dated
October 27 and smuggled out of the prison
that family visits were limited to once
every three months and conjugal visits once
every five months. They also said their
wives were subjected to body searches during
their visits.
Among the complaints were prohibitions
on watching television, listening to radio
or visiting the prison library.
The letter was signed by Héctor
Palacios Ruiz, Diosdado González
Marrero, José Daniel Ferrer García,
Normando Hernández González,
José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández,
Leonel Grade de Peralta, Arturo Pérez
de Alejo and Oscar Elías Biscet.
They were among 75 dissidents sentenced
in April for anti-government activities.
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