CUBA: MOB THREATENS TO BURN THE HOUSE OF THE WIFE OF A DOCTOR WHO IS A PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE
August 2006
“… the act as such was an act of terrorism…”
Yamile Llanes
On Thursday, August 3, 2006, the house where the four children and wife of Dr. José Luis García Paneque live in Las Tunas, Cuba, was surrounded and attacked by a mob of about 100 Cubans armed with sticks, stones, and parasols that shouted “Get out of here!”, “Assassins!”, and “Terrorists!”
For an hour and a half after 7:15 PM, neighbors, ranging from young children to elderly people, shouted insults at Yamile Llanes and her young children, as well as at seven Catholic young people who were staying at her house while on their way to the Sanctuary of The Virgin of Cobre in Santiago de Cuba.
“My seven-year old daughter, María, held on to her older sister, and her screams were uncontrollable because she was terrified when a woman shouted that they were going to set the house on fire so that they would do away with the “worms” by burning them up…I thought I would have to leave the house with the children even though they would beat me with the sticks…,” Yamile Llanes declared. “This has been a terrible experience that has instilled a lot of fear….the act as such was an act of terrorism…,” added the wife of the prisoner of conscience.
The Cuban physician and prisoner of conscience, Dr. José Luis García Paneque, was summarily tried and is serving a 25-year sentence for expressing independent ideas and remains in the “Las Mangas” Prison hospital in Bayamo alongside common prisoners. He suffers from a severe chronic diarrhea and continuous hemorrhagic colitis resulting from intestinal Mal Absorption Syndrome that has developed since he was incarcerated in 2003.
Dr. García Paneque’s health continues to worsen every day. According to his wife, his worn out and deteriorated body weighs less than 50 kilograms (110 pounds). The prison food in the awful state he has to consume it causes and worsens the chronic diarrhea. In addition, he is kept for months without seeing the sun, and he suffers tremendous psychological pressure because the common prisoners harass and beat him.
YAMILE DE LOS ANGELES LLANES LABRADA
ADDRESS - Calle Emilio González #63, Entre Eliades Avila y José Licea, Reparto Aguilera, Las Tunas, Cuba
Tel: +53-31-42910
Testimony given by telephone from Cuba to the Coalition of Cuban-American Women in the United States / LAIDA CARRO. Tel: 304-662-5947 / Fax: 305-740-7323 / E-mail: Joseito76@aol.com
Translation: Tanya S. Wilder, Coalition of Cuban-American Women /
E-mail:tswilder@charter.net
CUBA: AMENAZA UNA TURBA CON QUEMAR LA CASA DE LA ESPOSA DE UN MÉDICO, PRESO DE CONCIENCIA
Agosto 2006
“…el acto como tal fué un acto de terrorismo…”
Yamile Llanes
El jueves 3 de agosto, 2006, la casa donde residen los cuatro hijos y la esposa del Dr. José Luis García Paneque en Las Tunas, Cuba fué rodeada y atacada por una turba de alrededor de 100 cubanos armados de palos, piedras y sombrillas que les gritaban “¡que se vayan!”, “¡asesinos!” y “¡terroristas!”.
Durante hora y media, a partir de las 7:15 p.m., vecinos que incluían desde niños hasta personas de la tercera edad, le gritaron insultos a Yamile Llanes y a sus hijos menores, incluyendo a unos 7 jóvenes católicos, albergados en esta casa, que iban camino al Santuario del Cobre en Santiago de Cuba.
“Mi niña María de siete años se abrazó a su hermana mayor y su gritos eran incontenibles porque se aterrorizó cuando una mujer gritó que le pegaran candela a la casa para que acabaran de quemar a los “gusanos”…yo pensé que tenía que salir de la casa con los niños aunque me cayeran a palos…”, declaró Yamile Llanes, “Esta ha sido una experiencia terrible que infunde mucho miedo…el acto como tal fué un acto de terrorismo…” añadió la señora del preso de conciencia.
El galeno cubano y preso de conciencia, Dr. José Luis García Paneque fué arrestado por expresar ideas independientes y sentenciado a cumplir 25 años de prisión tras un juicio sumario. Actualmente continúa en el hospital de la Prisión de “Las Mangas” en Bayamo junto a presos comunes padeciendo de una crisis diarréica y colitis sangrante contínua, derivadas del Síndrome de Mal Absorpción Intestinal que ha desarrollado desde que fué encarcelado en el 2003.
La salud del Dr. García Paneque continúa empeorando cada día. Según su esposa, su cuerpo cansado y deteriorado no llega a pesar los 50 kilogramos (110 libras), la comida del penal en mal estado que consume le causa y empeora las crisis diarréicas, además está meses sin ver el sol y sufre una presión psicológica muy grande ya que los reos comunes lo acosan y golpean .”
YAMILE DE LOS ÁNGELES LLANES LABRADA
DIRECCIÓN - Calle Emilio González #63, entre Eliades Ávila y José Licea, Reparto Aguilera. Las Tunas, Cuba
Tel: +53-31-42910
Testimonio dado vía telefónica desde Cuba a la Coalición de Mujeres Cubano-Americanas en Estados Unidos/ LAIDA CARRO.
Tel: 305-662-5947 Fax: 305-740-7323 / Email: Joseito76@aol.com
Monday, August 14, 2006
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