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DR. OSCAR E. BISCET, DEMANDS INTERNATIONAL
ATTENTION
INHUMANE SITUATION OF EX-PRISONER OF
CONSCIENCE IN CUBA,
December 22, 2002
According to a testimony obtained the
evening of Sunday December 22 from Elsa
Morejon, her husband, Dr. Oscar E. Biscet
remains in the Tenth Precinct of the
National Revolutionary Police (Decima Unidad
de La PNR) on Acosta Avenue, in Havana
sharing a cell with delinquents and sleeping
on the floor. Police authorities told her he
is under preventive prison (prision
preventiva). Elsa Morejon could not be told
what he is accused of, his case number, when
or where he would be transferred or when
would she be able to see him again.
On Thursday, Elsa Morejon was notified at
this Police Precinct in Acosta Avenue that
her husband had been transferred to El
Combinado del Este Prison. On Friday she
spent the day searching for her husband at
three detention centers with no results -
Dr. Biscet's whereabouts where unknown. Upon
returning to the Tenth Precinct on Saturday
she was told that Dr. Biscet was still
detained there, contradicting the police
report given to her the previous day.
Of the three activists who continued
detained in said Police Unit with Dr. Biscet,
only one remains: Virgilio Marante. Orlando
Zapata Tamayo was transferred to the
Guanajay Prison while Raúl Arencibia Fajardo
was sent to the Prison of Valle Grande.
Dr. Oscar E. Biscet,, was arrested along
with sixteen fellow activists on Friday,
December 6 when the police prevented the
group from meeting at a house in the
neighborhood of
Lawton
in Havana to discuss human rights. The
peaceful protesters were beaten and
violently arrested as they staged an act of
nonviolent civil desobedience. Dr. Biscet
has not received adequate medical treatment
for an injury, result of this arrest.
Since his release last October 31st from a
maximum security prison in Holguin where he
served a three year sentence, Dr. Biscet, is
promoting in the island a civic project
called "Friends of Human Rights" whereby
small groups of civilians meet in homes to
learn what their human rights are and ways
to defend and demand them peacefully.
After his release from prison October 31st,
Dr. Biscet was unable to receive medical
assistance for a severe gum infection which
caused the loss of all his molars. The
family dentist who was supposed to treat him
received threats and was prevented from
rendering his services. Dr. Biscet is in
danger of loosing the rest of his teeth if
he is not promptly and adequately treated by
a specialist.
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Testimony obtained via telephone from
Havana
from Elsa Morejon, wife of Dr. Biscet was
recorded, transcribed and translated.
Coalition of Cuban-American Women/LAIDA
CARRO
Email: Joseito76@aol.com
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