Libertad Para Todos Los Presos Políticos Cubanos
Carta dirigida al mundo libre por el Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet, preso político
cubano y víctima de la represión socialista impuesta por Fidel Castro. En 1997 crea la Fundación Lawton por los Derechos Humanos. Actualmente sigue en prisión por sus ideas contrarias al régimen.
“Today, on the eve of my 48th birthday, I write these lines from prison cell #1232. If this testimony from the box where I have been unjustly forced to live for almost 10 years now is of some interest to mankind, then publish it.
When I began advocating the philosophies of Gandhi and Thoreau, I remember those who commented that I would soon begin walking through the streets of Havana in a loincloth like Gandhi. Upon hearing these insults, I’d simply smile, as surely I would soon be subjected to this condition — not in the streets of Havana, but in the indefinite confinement that I would face for such advocacy. Those that resorted to such insults, seeking to humiliate me, would not be mistaken after all, but it is through the humiliation of a man in loincloth that human dignity is reflected over barbarism.
When you ask me how I am doing, and I tell you that I am resisting, it is because the environment I find myself in is too brutal for any civilized man imprisoned for promoting ideas of love, the respect for human rights and the defense of life. Yet, I thank God as I awake every day, for in this dark and lonely cell, I know He is with me.”
VER VIDEO DOCUMENTAL DR. OSCAR ELÍAS BISCET
Te reitero mi más sincero agradecimiento Martha.
Tus palabras me animan a continuar defendiendo, desde esta humilde tribuna, la libertad y la democracia en aquellos países donde se carece de ella.
Un muy cordial saludo y un fortísimo abrazo.
Me haré eco en estos días a esta entrada.
Off topic:
Por tu excelente espacio tienes un merecido Premio Blog Dorado
http://www.marthacolmenares.com/2009/07/28/premios-letras-magicas-dorado-sello-y-otros/
Abrazos
“Lo mejor que podemos hacer para empujar a Cuba por el camino de la democracia liberal es ayudar a abrirla al mundo del comercio y de los intercambios” (Fareed Zakaria, ‘El futuro de la libertad’)