FROM
CUBA
Dissident released from jail after seven
months
HAVANA, February 22 (Roberto Santana Rodríguez
/ www.cubanet.org) - Camilo Cairo Falcón,
one of several pacifists detained by Cuban
authorities July 13, 2005, was released
last week.
Cairo Falcón, 34, had been held
at the prison ward of the Carlos J. Finlay
military hospital, where he recovered from
injuries sustained when he was arrested
by members of the government's Rapid Response
Brigades.
Cairo Falcón he had been beaten
and kicked by Hassan Pérez Casabona,
second secretary of the Union of Young Communists,
who participated in the arrests. He suffered
several broken ribs and a loss of hearing.
He is a member of the Pro Human Rights
party.
He said when he was told to gather his
clothes he thought he was being transferred
to another prison. But instead he was taken
home.
Versión
original en español
|