MIAMI, United States. – Cuban opponent Oscar Elías Biscet, founder of the Emilia Project and president of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights, was “arbitrarily” detained on January 7, according to denounced the Cubalex Legal Information Center through the social network
“His whereabouts remain unknown,” the organization said.
According to reports, on Tuesday morning Biscet left his home in the Lawton neighborhood, Havana, and found several patrol cars and State Security agents on the corner. The officers had already warned him that he would be imprisoned if he left his home in the context of the 12th anniversary of the Emilia Project, which is celebrated this January 9.
This is not the first time that Oscar Elías Biscet has been detained by political police agents. In recent years, the opponent has been arrested on several occasions. His home has also been the scene of operations that have included the confiscation of personal property and others used by the activist and his organization.
One and two years ago, on anniversaries tenth and eleventh of the Emilia Project, respectively, the dissident was also arrested.
Dr. Oscar Elías Biscet is one of the most relevant figures of the opposition in Cuba. He is the holder of numerous recognitions for his work in favor of the fight for freedom and democracy on the Island, among them, the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the highest distinction awarded by the Government of USA.
Elías Biscet was serving a 25-year prison sentence for his opposition to the Castro regime when he was released in 2011, after agreements between the Catholic Church and the Cuban and Spanish governments. 12 of those arrested during the arrest refused to be released with banishment. Black Springamong them, Elías Biscet.
The Emilia Project was founded on January 9, 2013. Its name was adopted in tribute to Emilia Teurbe Tolón, one of the Cuban heroines who dedicated the best of her fruitful life to the fight for the independence and freedom of Cuba.
