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Inter-Am. C.H.R., OEA/Ser.L/V/II.38, Report on the Situation of Human Rights in Cuba, Doc. 12 (1976).


 

 

ANNEX I

Partial list of persons sentenced in Cuba

Name
Sentence
Charge
Real reason for sentence
Place of detention
Matías Alonso Aquino, lawyer 30 years Distributing propaganda and speaking against the government in public Failing to belong to any government organization. He was forbidden to defend himself in court Pinar del Río
Alberto Alvarez de la Campa, pharmacist 20 years Conspiring against the government Disagreeing with the government Teacher-training school, Havana
Enrique Arias Arias, student 9 years Planning a clandestine escape from Cuba Not being involved in government activities

Guanajay Prison
Nerber or Belausaran López, office worker 20 years Attempting to subvert the powers of the State Having belonged to the Army before the Revolution La Cabaña Havana
Enrique Borges Rodríguez, worker 20 years Belonging to counter-revolutionary groups Not belonging to revolutionary organizations Manacas, Las Villas
Rolando Bone Trueba, baker 12 years Being in disagreement with the regime Not belonging to revolutionary organizations La Cabaña Havana
José Laura Blanco Muñiz, driver 20 years Conspiracy and distributing propaganda Being a practicing Catholic and anti-Communist La Cabaña Havana
Rolando Borges Paz, merchant 20 years Conspiracy Not belonging to revolutionary organizations Teacher training school, Havana
Diosdado Camejo, farmer 30 years Conspiracy Failing to join revolutionary organizations Morón P…son, Camague
Roberto Cardes, worker 15 years

Engaging in propaganda against the government

Being an active Catholic and not belonging to revolutionary organizations La Cabaña Havana
J.I. Carreño, newspaperman
20 years Writing against the government Not belonging to revolutionary organizations La Cabaña Havana
Mamerto Casana Pérez, worker 30 years Counter-revolutionary activities Not belonging to revolutionary organizations Melena Camp, Havana
Dr. Pablo Castellanos Caballero, newspaperman and teacher 12 years Conspiracy His anti-government position. He has already served his sentence, but continues in custody and incommunicado La Cabaña Havana
Lutgardo Castellanos Vázquez, student 20 years Giving assistance to armed groups Not cooperating with the authorities Security Camp No. … Manacas, Las Villas
José Luis Colina Alemán, office worker 20 years Anti-state activities Having belonged to the Army before the Revolution Security Camp No. … Manacas, Las Villas
Alberto Cruz Cancio, veterinary surgeon 30 years Rebellion Not belonging to revolutionary organizations La Cabaña Havana
Joaquín Chanying González, mechanic 15 years Conspiracy Being in the same place or province where various arrests for political reasons were made Valle … Camp, Havana
Georgina Cid Crespo, Secretary 20 years Conspiring against the security of the State Not belonging to revolutionary organizations “Amanacer” Farm Havana
Armando Cubría Ramos, salesman 30 years Conspiring against the State Having belonged to the Army Guanajay Prison
Ernesto de la Fe, newspaperman 15 years Repressing the revolutionary movement Having been a Minister in the Government of General Batista and having been a prominent anti-Communist La Cabaña, Havana
Roberto del Toro Trometa, farmer 20 years Distributing anti-government propaganda Having belonged to the Armed Forces of Cuba before the revolutionary movement “San Severino” Castle Matanzas
Juan Vicente Delgado, soldier 20 years Distributing anti-government propaganda Having belonged to the Armed Forces of Cuba before the revolutionary movement “San Severino” Castle Matanzas
Juan de Dios González Ruiz, worker 20 years Making an attempt on the life of a revolutionary leader Not belonging to pro-government organizations Beniato Prison Oriente Province
Aroldo Hernández Luege, student 30 years Anti-Communist activities among the farmers Being an active Christian and anti-Communist Guanajay Prison Havana
José Antonio Jiménez Caballero, office worker 30 years Anti-Communist activities among the farmers Being an active Christian and anti-Communist Guanajay Prison Havana
Félix Lima, worker 20 years Crimes against the State Not belonging to government Melena Camp, Havana
Fabián Luzardo Díaz worker 12 years Conspiring against the established order He was denounced as a dangerous person and an anti-Communist without any evidence Luis Lazo

Pinar del Río

Pelaxo Lasa Parla, electrician 32 years For acts allegedly committed before the Revolution Having belonged to the Army Pinar del Río prison
Raúl Ledón Pérez, worker 20 years Crimes against the State Not belonging to revolutionary organizations No. 4 Secur. Camp, Manacas
Las Villas
René Macial Matos, missionary 20 years Crimes against the State Being an active Christian La Cabaña, Havana
César Páez Sánchez, soldier 20 years Conspiring against the powers of the State Proposing peaceful changes in the revolutionary line La Cabaña, Havana
Newton Rafael Orihuela del Toro, teacher 15 years Conspiring against the State Not belonging to revolutionary organizations Melena Camp, Havana
Arístides Pérez Montañez, merchant 20 years Conspiring against the powers of the State Not cooperating with the government Boniato Prison
Gabriel Lupo Pichardo González, newspaperman 20 years Conspiring against the powers of the State Not cooperating with the government Guanajay Prison, Havana
José Piloto Mora, student 30 years Conspiring against the Cuban State Being a Catholic and not belonging to revolutionary organizations Pinar del Río, Prison
Lino Guillermo Rivero Acosta, pharmacist 10 years Conspiring against the powers of the State Not belonging to revolutionary organizations Pinar del Río Prison
Orlando Pérez Oliva, merchant 20 years Conspiring against the powers of the State Not belonging to revolutionary organizations La Cabaña, Havana
Pedro Pedraza Portal, driver Indefinite Conspiring against the powers of the State Being an anti-Communist. No evidence that he had tried to leave Cuba illegally was produced Alambradas, Pinar del Río
Rubén Pérez Ríos, worker 20 years Conspiring against the State Not belonging to revolutionary organizations La Cabaña, Havana.
Luis Pérez Días, office worker 20 years Conspiring against the State He was merely suspected of not being in favor of the government. La Cabaña, Havana
José Piloto Mora, student 30 years Conspiring against the State Being a Catholic and not belonging to revolutionary organizations Pinar del Río Prison
Carlos Pons Wottu, office worker 20 years Conspiring against the State Not cooperating with the government Guanajay Prison
Luis María Rodríguez Regueira, student 30 years Conspiring against the powers of the State Considered as a dangerous counter-revolutionary element; he did not belong to any government organization Pinar del R. Prison
Rafael Turino Ibánez worker 20 years Conspiring against the powers of the State Not belonging to any government organization and being a professed Catholic No. 4 Security Camp, Manacas, Las Villas Province

 

 



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