MIAMI, United States. – The Office of Transmissions to Cuba (OCB, for its acronym in English) condemned This Monday the “arbitrary” arrest of the Cuban opposition leader Oscar Elías Biscet, which occurred on September 23 in Lawton, Havana, when he was on his way to visit relatives of political prisoners in San Antonio de los Baños.
Sylvia Rosabal, director of the OCB, criticized the detention and noted that “it is unacceptable that the regime chooses to increase repression and silence dissident voices, instead of seeking peaceful and democratic solutions to the problems facing society.”
The detention, which lasted more than 12 hours, was justified under the pretext of an alleged violation of a non-existent “security perimeter,” both legally and physically, the OCB indicated.
Biscet, recognized for his work in defense of human rights and awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom in 2007, is also host of the weekly program “Lawton Libre” on Radio Martí, where he addresses issues of human rights and current affairs in Cuba and the world.
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.
So much in January 2023 as in January 2024the Cuban dissident was arrested by the regime authorities, who sought to prevent him from celebrating the tenth and eleventh anniversaries, respectively, of the Emilia Project.
Elías Biscet, one of the most important opposition figures in Cuba, 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.
