Monday, March 16, 2009

Cuban Oposition Leader Antunez is Hospitalized

I have learned via Secretos de Cuba, that Cuban dissident and opposition leader Jorge Luis Pérez (Antúnez), has been hospitalized, following a 24 day hunger strike.

PRESS RELEASE

Opposition leader in hospital, after hunger strike.

The prominent opposition leader Jorge Luis García Pérez (Antúnez) was hospitalized in Placetas, Villa Clara, about noon on March 13, 2009

The president of the Presidio Political movement "Pedro Luis Boitel, all known as" Antunez, "who has been on hunger strike for 24 days to demand improvements for the prisoners and opponents of the Cuban Regime, has been hospitalized Just a few hours ago in the intensive care room Placetas Hospital in a critical condition, including the danger of his life.

Francisco Chaviano González reported by telephone to the reporter about this incident, which in turn met through relatives affected. For this reason, it has called on the national and international public opinion in order to solidarity with this fighter who is in serious condition, and whose just claims the Cuban authorities have ignored.

Reported from Havana, Ana Margarita Brito Perdigón, Press Agency Yayabo Press.

Havana, Friday March 13 2009, 2:42 P.M.

Via Secretos de Cuba

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