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  • BLIND HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST BEATEN AND JAILED IN CUBA Braille BIBLE TAKEN AWAY

    03/27/2002 6:59:09 PM PST · by Free Dr Biscet · 6 replies · 410+ views
    3-26-02 | JASON TAUB
    3-26-02 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE:  URGENT ACTION:SUBJECT: Visually Impaired Human Rights activist Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Leiva beaten and imprisoned by Cuban Government - Braille books taken away.Your help is needed to take QUICK ACTION to help Juan Carlos Gonzalez-Leiva. He is a blind human rights activist and the director of the independent Agramonte Library in Ciego de Avila, Cuba as well as president of both the Cuban Human Rights Foundation and the Brotherhood of the Independent Blind People of Cuba. Mr. Gonzalez-Leiva was arrested along with several other human rights activists on March 5 in Ciego de Avila, Cuba. Mr. Gonzalez-Leiva was severely beaten by...