LIST OF PERSONS IN CUBA TRIED AND CONDEMNED FOR POLITICAL MOTIVES DURING THE LAST FEW WEEKS.
DATE: February 3 and 6
PLACE: Santa Clara, Cuba.
ACCUSED: Cecilio Monteagudo Sanchez
CHARGED WITH: Enemy propaganda
SENTENCE: 4 years.
OTHERS ACCUSED: Journalist Juan Carlos Recio Martinez
CHARGED WITH: Enemy propaganda and non-compliance with his duty.
CHARGED WITH: A year of correctional labor without incarceration.
DATE: February 13, 1998
PLACE: Guantanamo Provincial Prison
ACCUSED: Raul Portal Hernandez, Nancy Esther Cepeda Borroto, Leonardo Rodriguez Mantecon, Carlos Enrique Prades Herrera, Xiomara Ramos Borroto, Andres Soler Valerino, Damaris Santana Aguilera, Andres Leyva Trelles, Rolanda Oramas Cespedes, Yanael Dupuy Aguilar, Isidro Brown Martinez, Angel Ellen Lescaille Duran, Hildolivio Ramos Duran, Diosdelys Perez Sanchez, Mayuris Perez Sanchez, Taliani Laborde Santray and Carlos Enrique Prades.
CHARGED WITH: Illegaly leaving the country and endangering state security.
SENTENCE: Raul Portal Hernandez and Leonardo Rodriguez Mantecon each lost a leg in their attempt to leave the country and were sentenced to three and four years of prison respectively.
DATE: February 17, 1997
PLACE: Santa Clara, Villa Clara
ACCUSED: Pedro Pablo Pulido Ortega, Noel Ramos Rojas, Emis Mauricio Ramos Rojas, Amaury Perez Piloto, Reina Isabel Rojas, Anais Mir Sanchez, Habib Seajea Cruz
CHARGED WITH: Acts against the security of the state and rebellion
SENTENCES (requested): 20 years of imprisonment for Pedro Pablo Pulido Ortega and Noel Ramos Rojas, 12 years for Emis Mauricio Martinez Rojas, 10 years for Amaury Perez Piloto, 5 years for Reina Isabel Rojas, 4 years for Anais Mir Sanchez and 5 years of conditional freedom and confiscation of property for Dr. David Seajea Cruz.
DATE: February 20, 1998
PLACE: Pinar del Rio
ACCUSED: Reinaldo Alfaro
CHARGED WITH: Enemy propaganda and dissemination of false news
SENTENCE (requested): 2 to 15 years of imprisonment.
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