Monday, March 03, 2008

Freed dissidents expose Castro's brutal regime

Excerpts:


Arriving in Spain to be reunited with their families, they exposed the routine abuse of political prisoners which marked Castro’s five decades in power.


Mr Castillo, 50, a journalist who wrote articles critical of the regime, told The Sunday Telegraph: "It was terrible. It was like being in a desert in which sometimes there is no water, there is no food, you are tortured and you are abused.


He said he was kept in solitary confinement in a cell measuring four metres square with a cement bed.


In all, he has spent 21 years behind bars for opposing the regime. Mr Pernet was jailed for 20 years after being accused of aiding the US secret services - a charge he says was trumped up.


Note to readers: Liberals have been so busy drooling over how wonderful Castro and Cuba are, they'll probably miss this...


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