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Oscar Elias Biscet
Released
Agencies 12/03/2011
Havana
'I have to say that I will continue in opposition, or in prison because I stopped keeping a rebellious attitude against this government, "said the doctor.
The regime released on Friday the physician Oscar Elias Biscet, who refused to exile in Spain and is the flagship of the 52 opponents promised to release, told AFP a source of dissent.
Biscet, 49, who was serving sentence
25 years and whose imminent release was announced Thursday by the Church, "now is coming home in Havana, told AFP the opposition Miriam Leiva.
(Oscar Elias Biscet, with his wife, Elsa Morejon, at home (GETTY IMAGES))
"I'm very, very happy about this reunion with the family. I have to say that I will continue in the opposition because neither left jail to maintain a rebellious attitude against the government and the abuses, "said Biscet AFP by telephone.
His wife, Elsa Morejon, said the day before JOURNAL OF CUBA that this is an "emotional moment" because you can "get his family", after eleven years of separation.
first Biscet served three years in prison, but shortly after being released the regime sentenced him again during the 2003 crackdown.
is a physician and president of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights.
has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. His nomination is supported by the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, Member of Parliament of Canada, the United States Congress, the European Parliament and the House of Lords.
Following dialogue initiated in May 2010 with the Church, the government of Raul Castro in July began a gradual process of release of 52 of 75 sentenced in 2003 who remained in prison, prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International.
Biscet speaks with Radio Martí
Released
Agencies 12/03/2011
Havana
'I have to say that I will continue in opposition, or in prison because I stopped keeping a rebellious attitude against this government, "said the doctor.
The regime released on Friday the physician Oscar Elias Biscet, who refused to exile in Spain and is the flagship of the 52 opponents promised to release, told AFP a source of dissent.
Biscet, 49, who was serving sentence
25 years and whose imminent release was announced Thursday by the Church, "now is coming home in Havana, told AFP the opposition Miriam Leiva. (Oscar Elias Biscet, with his wife, Elsa Morejon, at home (GETTY IMAGES))
"I'm very, very happy about this reunion with the family. I have to say that I will continue in the opposition because neither left jail to maintain a rebellious attitude against the government and the abuses, "said Biscet AFP by telephone.
His wife, Elsa Morejon, said the day before JOURNAL OF CUBA that this is an "emotional moment" because you can "get his family", after eleven years of separation.
first Biscet served three years in prison, but shortly after being released the regime sentenced him again during the 2003 crackdown.
is a physician and president of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights.
has been nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. His nomination is supported by the Prime Minister of Hungary, Viktor Orban, Member of Parliament of Canada, the United States Congress, the European Parliament and the House of Lords.
Following dialogue initiated in May 2010 with the Church, the government of Raul Castro in July began a gradual process of release of 52 of 75 sentenced in 2003 who remained in prison, prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International.
Biscet speaks with Radio Martí
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