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JUVENTUD REBELDE Cuban National Assembly President Denounces Unexplained Punishment of Gerardo Hernández Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcón said on Wednesday that the US government is responsible for the health condition of Cuban antiterrorist fighter Gerardo Hernández unfairly imprisoned in the United States and for obstructing justice Jorge L. Rodríguez González [email protected] July 29, 2010 0:01:43 CDT Cuban National Assembly President Ricardo Alarcón said on Wednesday that the US government is responsible for the health condition of Cuban antiterrorist fighter Gerardo Hernández unfairly imprisoned in the United States and for obstructing justice. Alarcón said that Hernández is prevented from communicating with his lawyers, being confined to a punishment cell of the prison of Victorville, California, without having committed any indiscipline. Alarcón explained that the US government knows about the health condition of Hernández, who have been requesting to be examined by doctors from April. Finally, he was attended on July 20 and doctors diagnosed several ailments that require treatment, said Alarcón to the national press at Havana's Convention Center, where the permanent commissions of the Parliament are meeting previous to the Fifth Ordinary Session of the Seventh Legislature of the People's Power National Assembly. Alarcón said that however, the next day, instead of taking Hernández to the clinic, he was sent to the hole, where he has no contact with the doctor or possibilities of receiving treatment. Apparently, the ailment is caused by a bacterium that, according to the physician, is circulating among inmates, some of whom have become seriously ill, and we're not sure if that's Gerardo's problem, since he hasn't had any test and was taken to the hole the day after the consultation, Alarcón stated. Alarcón added that it seems that Hernández also has problems with his blood pressure, something understandable because despite being only 45 years old, he has been imprisoned under harsh conditions for almost 12 years now. "This is a very serious situation," said the Cuban National Assembly President, after explaining that in the hole, temperatures exceed the 350 C and that Gerardo Hernández is in a very small cell of two meters long by one meter wide, which he shares with another prisoner, and where ventilation is limited, since they breathe through a small hole located at the top of a wall. Alarcón also said that once again Washington is obstructing justice because it does not allow Hernández to communicate with his lawyers, just when he should be working on the arguments for his habeas corpus (appealing resource). The Cuban leader said that up to the moment the US Department of State is not answering to the demands made, while contacts are being made with Hernández' lawyers and in all directions to solve this situation. Gerardo Hernández is one of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters unfairly imprisoned in the United States for almost 12 years. The Cuban Five Gerardo Hernández, Ramon Labañino, Fernando González, Antonio Guerrero and René González, in a trial plagued with irregularities and held in a highly biased Miami court, were given harsh sentences ranging from 15 years to consecutive life terms plus 15 years. Gerardo Hernández was sentenced to two life terms. The five Cubans were working to uncover information about terrorist activities being planned and carried out against Cuba by ultra-rightwing organizations based in southern Florida with a long record of terrorist actions against Cuba and the Cuban people. When they turned their information over to authorities they were arrested and have been in jail ever since. PC: Cuban, National Assembly President, Ricardo Alarcón, US government, state of health, antiterrorist, fighter, Gerardo Hernández, United States, obstructing, justice, lawyers, hole, prison, Victorville, California, indiscipline, health condition, doctors, ailments, permanent, commissions, Parliament, Fifth Ordinary Session of the Seventh Legislature of the People's Power National Assembly, clinic, treatment, bacterium, prisoners, blood pressure condition, habeas corpus, US Department of State, demands ________________________________________________ Send list submissions to: [email protected] Set your options at: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/mailman/options/marxism/archive%40mail-archive.com
