*************Add my name to the "call" of the International***************
***Committee to Defend the Life and Liberty of Armando Alonso Romero!****


*On April 1993 Armando Alonso Romero, a human rights activist, was
captured by the Cuban secret police.  After months of isolation in Villa
Marista - the headquarters of the secret police in Havana - Alonso was
sentenced to 12 years in prison for the crimes of "enemy propaganda" and
"illegal entry" - for collecting on-site reports of human rights
violations in Cuba.

*There is every reason to fear for the life of Armando Alonso Romero at
the hands of one of the world's bloodiest governments. The Cuban state has
repeatedly murdered it's political dissidents, from the 41 men, women, and
children butchered on July 13, 1994 in the 13 de Marzo massacre, to the
willful denial of medical assistance to Sebastian Arcos Bergnes who is now
dying of an easily diagnosed form of cancer which the Cuban government
refused to have diagnosed.  In addition thousands of political dissidents
have been executed, tortured, and imprisoned over the past 37 years of
Castro regime's existence.  The Cuban Constitution has institutionalized
and codified the denial of the most basic human rights.
   
*No knowledgeable and truthful observer of Cuba, regardless of their
political beliefs, can deny that Armando Alonso Romero is a prisoner of
conscience whose crime is "gathering reports of human rights violations to
present to the international community."  Armando Alonso Romero merits the
broad international support that all imprisoned human rights activists
have always benefited from. He should be allowed access to the lawyer of
his choice, journalists, and doctors to insure his health.  Furthermore,
he should have all charges dropped that pertain to his human rights as
defined by the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, of which, Cuba is a
signatory.

*It is urgent that many voices be heard to demand that the Cuban state
respect the international conventions concerning the treatment of
political prisoners. That Armando Alonso Romero be freed, and allowed to
rejoin his wife and daughter.



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