Castro's Five Newest Political Prisoners

Por: Capitol Hill Cubans



Once again, we learn just how quickly -- and tragically -- the Castro regime can readjust its political prisoner math.

According to The Miami Herald:

Five anti-Castro protesters jailed

Five Cuban dissidents remained in custody 36 hours after a rare protest at the University of Havana, an iconic spot for airing grievances before the Castro revolution, activists said Tuesday.

"We are peaceful youths and defenders of human rights, demanding freedom and democracy for our country,'' Sara Martha Fonseca Quevedo is heard saying in a recording of the protest Monday morning before the group broke into chants of "Down with the Castros'' and "Freedom" [...]

Dissident Jorge Luis García Pérez "Antúnez'' identified those arrested as Fonseca, Luis Enrique Labrador, Eduardo Pérez Flores, Yordanis Martinez Carvajal, and Michel Rodríguez Luis.