January 6, 2011
On the eve of International Human Rights Day (December 10th), Nestor Rodriguez Lobaina, head of Cuba's Youth for Democracy Movement, was arrested by the Castro regime for "disrespect."
That's right -- in Cuba, pro-democracy activists can be imprisoned for "disrespecting" the Castro regime.
On that same day, over 90 other activists were also arrested. While many for short-terms, Rodriguez Lobaina, one of the most well-know leaders of the pro-democracy movement in eastern Cuba, remains imprisoned.
Just yesterday, his wife warned that Rodriguez Lobaina has been placed by military police in a cell filled with violent prisoners at the nefarious Combinado de Guantanamo Prison, where he was subject to brutal threats and beatings. That is a common method used by the regime to intimidate political prisoners.
Since December 9th, virtually every news story out of Havana mentions the supposed "release" of 52 Cuban political prisoners this year -- in reality, 41 forcibly exiled to Spain.
To be fair, there have been some stories about the other 11 (of these 52 political prisoners) that remain in prison for not accepting exile as a condition for their release.
Yet, there has not been a single news story about new political prisoners, such as Nestor Rodriguez Robaina, arrested during this same period.
It may not fight into the storyline of a "changing" Castro regime, but the well-being of these political prisoners should trump the storyline.
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