Thursday, August 11, 2011

Human rights activist attacked in Cuba

Human rights activist attacked in Cuba

HAVANA, CUBA, August 9 (CNA) - The Christian Liberation Movement in Cuba
has reported that human rights activist Ernesto Cabrera Moreno was
attacked Aug. 5 in the city of Caimanera.

News of the attack came after the leader of the Christian Liberation
Movement, Oswaldo Paya, spoke via telephone with the president of the
Resistance and Democracy Movement, Rogelio Tabio Lopez.

A group of men wielding clubs and machetes attacked Cabrera Moreno, who
was left seriously wounded. Police detained one suspect in the attack
named William Valverde, who belongs to pro-Castro vigilante group in the
city.

The other assailants have yet to be detained.

Cabrera Moreno is currently recovering at the Agustino Neto Hospital in
the province of Guantanamo.

http://www.ewtn.com/vnews/getstory.asp?number=114760

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