CUBA NEWS
June 30, 2005

Cuban political prisoner Antonio Vladimir Roselló remains "plantado" in prison

Information Bridge Cuba Miami, June 26, 2005.

(HAVANA, Cuba, June 23 / Puenteinfocubamiami.org) - According to information provided to Anaika Paneca Román, vice president of the Democratic Party 30 of November "Frank País" the political prisoner Antonio Vladimir Roselló remains "Plantado" in the maximum Security prison Valle Grande where medical attention is being denied to him for his position against the Castro regime.

"The reeducator came to visit me during the afternoon inspection and Socialist Indoctrination and he informed "prisoners' councils" or "disciplinary councils," that I was a mere contra revolutionary to which I replied that I don't accept anything provided by the prison system,I live with what my family can bring me to prison and that I will continue "Plantado", sleeping in bathrooms floors even though it is against my health. I will not betray the principles I am fighting for"- declared Roselló in his clandestine note from the maximum security prison of Valle Grande.

The Cuban political prisoner Antonio Vladimir Roselló, who constantly denounces the abuses committed inside the prison, suffers from epileptic convulsions and also a skin fungi that almost covers his entire right arm. Doctors at the penal institution have referred him to the hospital Julio Trigo for specialized medical attention but the authorities at the penal institution deny him said medical assistance.

Antonio Vladimir Roselló, an activist with the Democratic Party 30 of November "Frank País" was arrested on June 30, 2004, then on May 26, 2005 was tried in the Cause 34/04 and sentenced to 2 years in prison for the "supposed" crimes of discrediting the figure of the commandant Fidel Castro, and also for contempt.

Note: The "prisoners' councils" or "disciplinary councils," are made up of common prisoners at the service of prison authorities whom rely on these individuals to beat up political prisoners who reclaim their rights or file any complaints.

Reporting from Havana for the Information Bridge Cuba Miami Raiza Martínez Llerena, Executive Secretary of The Democratic Party 30 of November "Frank País". Given on the 23rd day of June of 2005.

 

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