Tuesday, October 30, 2007

Castro Starves Political Prisoners

CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONER, ANTONIO VILLARREAL ACOSTA,

IN CRITICAL STATE

Pablo Rodríguez Carvajal - PayoLibre

October 29, 2007

Family members of Cuban prisoner of conscience, Antonio Augusto Villarreal Acosta, are extremely worried because the prisoner has lost 60% of his body weight. This report came from his son, Antonio Villarreal (‘Tony’), who lives off the island.

Presently, Villarreal Acosta weighs around 78 pounds. “He has lost his appetite, and he’s looks very gaunt as if he were in a World War II concentration camp,” his son noted. He received the information via telephone from Silvia Aguado Alfonso, the prisoner’s wife.

According to the prisoner’s family members, they do not know if so much weight loss is because of too little or contaminated food, an undiagnosed illness, or even an illness which doctors of the regime have not told the prisoner or his family members about.

Antonio Augusto Villarreal Acosta, 57, was sentenced to 15 years of prison during the wave of repression in March, 2003, in Cuba. At the time of his incarceration, he was president of the Independent Democratic Front. He resides at Calle Libertad #48-B entre

Narciso López y Luis Córdoba, Coralillo,Villa Clara, Cuba.

Translation from http://www.payolibre.com/noticias/noticias2.php?id=2170 by the Coalition of Cuban-America Women Tanya S. Wilder / tswilder@suddenlink.net

www.coalitionofcubanamericanwomen.blogspot.com

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EN CRÍTICO ESTADO EL PRESO POLÍTICO VILLAREAL ACOSTA
Pablo Rodríguez Carvajal -
PayoLibre

http://www.payolibre.com/noticias/noticias2.php?id=2170

28 de octubre de 2007

Los familiares del prisionero de conciencia Antonio Augusto Villarreal Acosta se encuentran sumamente preocupados por la pérdida de casi un 60% de su peso corporal, informó Antonio Villarreal ‘Tony’, hijo mayor del reo que vive en el exterior.

En la actualidad Villarreal Acosta pesa alrededor de 78 libras, “ha perdido el apetito y se ve muy demacrado, como si fuera un concentrado de la segunda guerra mundial”, apuntó el hijo del prisionero de conciencia, quien a su vez recibió la información de Silvia Aguado Alfonso, esposa del prisionero, por vía telefónica.

“Antes de caer en prisión, Villarreal (mi papá), pesaba 182 libras, es decir, ha perdido más de la mitad del peso corporal”, dijo Tony.

Según los familiares del reo, no se sabe si tanta pérdida de peso es por la poca o mala alimentación o por alguna enfermedad no diagnostica, o no notificada al afectado o familiares por los doctores del régimen.

Antonio Augusto Villarreal Acosta, de 57 años de edad, fue condenado durante la ola represiva de 2003 a 15 años de prisión. Al ser encarcelado presidía el Frente Democrático Independiente, y reside en Calle Libertad #48-B, e/ Narciso López y Luis Córdoba, Coralillo, Villa Clara, Cuba.



- Thanks Joseito for sending me this. How does the world stand by and let Castro starve a 182 pound down to 78 pounds? That's exactly what Hitler did...

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