Ranking Member Eliot Engel on Alan Gross

BY: THE HILL

Engel Condemns Cuban Regime for Rejecting Alan Gross Appeal

Cuban Supreme Court Denial of Appeal is "Unjustified and Inhumane"

Washington, DC - Rep. Eliot L. Engel (D-NY-17), Ranking Member of the House Foreign Affairs Committee's Subcommittee on the Western Hemisphere, today condemned the Cuban regime for rejecting Alan Gross's appeal of his 15-year prison sentence.

"It was wrong of the Cuban regime to arrest Alan Gross, it was wrong to imprison him, and it was wrong to reject his appeal. Alan Gross was in Cuba to help bring the internet to the small Jewish community – not a crime, except in a dictatorship like Cuba. Rejecting his appeal was simply unjustified and inhumane, and I call upon the Cuban regime to release Alan Gross without delay."