IEC Denounces Criminal Harassment in Cuba

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dagobJun. 18 (DP.net).─ The Institute of Cuban Studies (IEC) denounces "gross methods of intimidation used against our President, Dagoberto Valdes Hernandez", in Pinar del Río province, Cuba.

El Instituto de Estudios Cubanos (IEC) denuncia "groseros métodos de intimidación porrista usados contra nuestro Presidente, Dagoberto Valdés Hernández", en la provincia de Pinar del Río, Cuba.

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ParticipatoryDemocracy.net received a formal complaint of human rights violations involving Dagoberto Valdés Hernández, who directed for many years the "Vitral" magazine in Cuba, sponsored by the Archdiocese of Pinar del Río province.  He is presently the Publisher of ConVivencia, a WEB based magazine whose circulation is prohibited in Cuba.

DP.net often receives this kind of complaints from Cuba because Cuban authorities have been using for many years so called "Brigadas de Respuesta Rápida" organized by the State Security apparatus with the only function of harassing members of the opposition to the Brothers Castro regime.  Such acts of constant harrassment range from simple threats as the one reported below, to beatings, lynchings, stonnings and frequent detentions (accusing the victims of "disturbing the peace", "dangerousness", "pre-delictive tendencies", etc.), among many other means of repression.

DECLARATION OF THE EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE of the INSTITUTE FOR CUBAN STUDIES

Last Tuesday, June 16th, the President of our Institute for Cuban Studies (IEC), Dagoberto Valdes Hernandez, who lives in Cuba as well other associates to the IEC, was accosted in the street by two people who warned him that he was going to “have a bad time” and that they were going to “walk all over him if he continues supporting the Ladies in White (las Damas de Blanco) and counterrevolutionary groups.”

In relation to this abominable act, the Executive Committee of the Institute for Cuban Studies declares the following:

  1. We indignantly condemn the gross methods of intimidation used against our President, Dagoberto Valdes Hernandez;
  2. We consider shameful that in a moment in which the national crisis calls for the cooperation and collective talent of all Cubans, the government insists on its repression and intolerance; and
  3. While we have called upon the United States to lift its restrictions on academic exchanges with Cuba we also demand from Cuban authorities to put an end to the repression of freedoms of thought, expression and academic research within the island.

June 18, 2009

For the Executive Committee of the Institute for Cuban Studies:
(Signed) Juan Antonio Blanco, Gerardo González, María Cristina Herrera (Fundadora del IEC), Arnoldo Muller, Carlos Sotuyo and Oscar Visiedo.



Nov. 18 (DP.net).DemocraciaParticipativa.net ha recibido la denuncia que reproducimos a continuación, que afecta a Dagoberto Valdés Hernández, quien dirigió por muchos años la Revista "Vitral", patrocinada por la Arquidiócesis de Pinar del Río, en Cuba.  Actualmente publica con un equipo de colaboradores la revista virtual ConVivencia, cuya circulación en Cuba está prohibida.

DP.net recibe frecuentes denuncias como esta desde Cuba porque las autoridades cubanas usan desde hace años las denominadas "Brigadas de Respuesta Rápida", organizadas por Seguridad del Estado con la única función de hostigar a los miembros de la oposición al régimen de los hermanos Castro.  Este constante hostigamiento abarca desde simples amenazas como las que figuran en esta denuncia hasta golpizas, linchamientos, apedreamientos y detenciones frecuentes (acusando a las víctimas de "alterar el orden", "peligrosidad", "tendencias pre-delictivas", etc.) entre muchos otros medios de represión.


DECLARACION DEL COMITE EJECUTIVO DEL INSTITUTO DE ESTUDIOS CUBANOS


El pasado martes 16 de junio, el Presidente de nuestro Instituto de Estudios Cubanos (IEC), Dagoberto Valdés Hernández, quien reside en Cuba al igual que una parte de nuestros asociados, fue amenazado en plena calle por dos personas que le advirtieron que la iba a "pasar muy mal" y que le iban "a pasar por arriba si continuaba apoyando a las Damas de Blanco y a grupos contrarrevolucionarios".

En relación a este execrable hecho, el Comité Ejecutivo del IEC declara lo siguiente:

  1. Condenamos indignados los groseros métodos de intimidación porrista usados contra nuestro Presidente, Dagoberto Valdés Hernández;
  2. Consideramos vergonzozo que en un momento en que la crisis nacional reclama la cooperación y talento colectivo de todos los cubanos, el gobierno insista en la represión y la intolerancia; y
  3. Si bien hemos reclamado que Estados Unidos levante las restricciones a los intercambios académicos con Cuba también exigimos que las autoridades cubanas pongan fin a la represión de las libertades de pensamiento, expresión e investigación académica en la isla.


Junio 18, 2009

Por el Comité Ejecutivo del Instituto de Estudios Cubanos: (Firmado) Juan Antonio Blanco, Gerardo González, María Cristina Herrera (Fundadora del IEC), Arnoldo Muller, Carlos Sotuyo y Oscar Visiedo.


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