Update on the plight of a courageous dissident, medical doctor, and family man.
Some good news: Ebert Hidalgo Cruz, and Jose Daniel Ferrer are back with their loved ones but the bad news continues, Eduardo Cardet Concepción remains unjustly imprisoned and no one has heard from him since July 28, 2018. He is an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience and there are more than 100 other known political prisoners in Cuba.
Yesterday the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) over social media reported that "because for more than two weeks nothing is known about Eduardo Cardet and that some time ago he was able to send a note saying 'I am in danger,' his family traveled to the jail where he is held to appeal, despite having their visits suspended by regime authorities, for his freedom."
Hours later MCL reported: "Continued cruelty against Eduardo Cardet, calls are suspended for two months (in addition to having visits suspended). His family tried to see him today, they did not allow it."
Eduardo Cardet Concepción is married with two children, is a medical doctor at the health center in the town of Velasco in Holguín province, focusing on family care. In 2013 he was expelled from his work in retaliation for his opposition activity. However, protests over this punishment and popular support led to Eduardo Cardet's reinstatement to his old job.
Following the extrajudicial killing of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero on July 22, 2012, the Christian Liberation Movement restructured its leadership and Eduardo Cardet was appointed national coordinator of the movement in November of 2014.
The repression ramped up against Doctor Cardet when he succeeded Oswaldo Payá as head of the Christian Liberation Movement.
Dr. Cardet was arrested on November 30, 2016, beaten up by the secret police in front of his wife and two small children. Since that day he has suffered, beatings, a stabbing, the denial of family visits and has not been heard from since July 28, 2018. 20 days without a phone call or physical visit.
His crime: speaking negatively of the legacy of Fidel Castro in Cuba and advocating for Cubans reclaiming their sovereignty in a restored democratic order through nonviolent means.
It has been a lengthy and distressing journey through the repressive apparatus of the Castro regime. A via-crucis that the Cardet family has been suffering through for the past 625 days.
Please ask the Castro regime over social media English, Spanish and whatever language you find appropriate: #WhereIsEduardoCardet? and #WhenCanEduardoSeeHisFamily
End the impunity, denounce this crime and hold the regime accountable.
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| Dr. Eduardo Cardet Concepción MD: Prisoner of conscience since November 30, 2016 |
Yesterday the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) over social media reported that "because for more than two weeks nothing is known about Eduardo Cardet and that some time ago he was able to send a note saying 'I am in danger,' his family traveled to the jail where he is held to appeal, despite having their visits suspended by regime authorities, for his freedom."
Hours later MCL reported: "Continued cruelty against Eduardo Cardet, calls are suspended for two months (in addition to having visits suspended). His family tried to see him today, they did not allow it."
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| Wife and husband: Yaimaris Vecino and Eduardo Cardet |
Eduardo Cardet Concepción is married with two children, is a medical doctor at the health center in the town of Velasco in Holguín province, focusing on family care. In 2013 he was expelled from his work in retaliation for his opposition activity. However, protests over this punishment and popular support led to Eduardo Cardet's reinstatement to his old job.
Following the extrajudicial killing of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero on July 22, 2012, the Christian Liberation Movement restructured its leadership and Eduardo Cardet was appointed national coordinator of the movement in November of 2014.
The repression ramped up against Doctor Cardet when he succeeded Oswaldo Payá as head of the Christian Liberation Movement.
Dr. Cardet was arrested on November 30, 2016, beaten up by the secret police in front of his wife and two small children. Since that day he has suffered, beatings, a stabbing, the denial of family visits and has not been heard from since July 28, 2018. 20 days without a phone call or physical visit.
His crime: speaking negatively of the legacy of Fidel Castro in Cuba and advocating for Cubans reclaiming their sovereignty in a restored democratic order through nonviolent means.
It has been a lengthy and distressing journey through the repressive apparatus of the Castro regime. A via-crucis that the Cardet family has been suffering through for the past 625 days.
Please ask the Castro regime over social media English, Spanish and whatever language you find appropriate: #WhereIsEduardoCardet? and #WhenCanEduardoSeeHisFamily
End the impunity, denounce this crime and hold the regime accountable.
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