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July 30, 2002



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Returned rafters harassed by interior ministry

GUANTÁNAMO, July 26 (Juan Carlos Herrera, APLO / cubanet.sergipeconectado.com) - The Cuban Ministry of the Interior routinely harasses returned rafters in violation of the migratory accords between the U. S. and Cuba, a dissident here charged.

Félix Pineda Laurencio, 33, was returned to Cuban authorities in May in Guantánamo, from where he was taken directly to the provincial prison.

Subsequently, he was tried and sentenced to two years and six months in jail. It isn’t clear under what charges he was tried.

"Jailing this young man constitutes a serious violation of the migratory accords by the Cuban regime, since those returned should be free to go home unless they have pending causes, which Pineda didn’t have," said Alberto Martínez, the president of the local Club of Political Prisoners and Ex-Prisoners.

Also, Leyvis Tellezuelo Duany, and Lauro and Jorge Chibás Andrial, also returned rafters, are continually harassed by officers of the political police.

Most recently, agents of the Department of State Security visited the three on July 10 to threaten them.


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