CUBA NEWS
January 29, 2003

FROM CUBA Oscar El�as Biscet accused of insulting Fidel Castro 2p5a6l

HAVANA, Jan. 26 (cubanet.sergipeconectado.com) - The wife of dissident Oscar Elas Biscet Gonzlez says her husband, currently serving a 25-year prison sentence, has been accused of insulting Fidel Castro.

According to Elsa Morejn Hernndez, prison official Ramn Beune said Biscet ed other prisoners in shouting "Down with the Castro-Communist dictatorship" during a recent act of civil disobedience at the Kilo 8 prison in Pinar del Rio. He said charges were pending against Biscet, president of the Lawton Human Rights Foundation.

His wife said he continues to ref use to wear a prison uniform or to stand up when a count of prisoners is conducted.

Biscet was sentenced in April following the arrest of 75 dissidents accused of acts against the government. He was removed January 15 from two months of solitary confinement and taken to a cell he shares with 12 common criminals.


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