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</font><font size=4><b><a name="1"></a>U.S. Government continues its Nazi
treatment of Gerardo Hernández <br><br>
</b></font><font size=3>Posted: 28 Jul 2010 02:40 PM PDT<br>
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<a href="http://machetera.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/u-s-government-continues-its-nazi-treatment-of-gerardo-hernandez/" eudora="autourl">
http://machetera.wordpress.com/2010/07/28/u-s-government-continues-its-nazi-treatment-of-gerardo-hernandez/<br>
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</a></font><font size=3><i>In the United States, unlike Cuba, we never
free political prisoners and we certainly don’t give them medical
care. We send them to the hole, we punish them while they’re in the
hole, and we deny them access to their attorneys. And our State
Department ignores any questions on the subject. Like with Gerardo
Hernández. Gerardo says that this picture (of a Nazi torture cell)
is a dead ringer for the hole where he is being held. Except that
I’ll bet this one is bigger.<br><br>
Arturo Valenzuela is the Assistant Secretary of State for Western
Hemisphere Affairs at the State Department. Switchboard:
202-647-4000<br><br>
</i><b>Alarcón: The United States is Responsible for Gerardo Hernández’s
Health</b><i> –
<a href="http://cambiosencuba.blogspot.com/2010/07/alarcon-eeuu-es-responsable-de-salud-de.html">
español<br><br>
</a>Translation: Machetera<br><br>
</i>Prensa Latina – Today Ricardo Alarcón, the President of Cuba’s
National Assembly of People’s Power, said the U.S. government was
responsible for the health of the anti-terrorist fighter, Gerardo
Hernández, a prisoner in the United States who is suffering from health
problems.<br><br>
“Gerardo’s health is in danger and the U.S. government is entirely
responsible for this,” warned Alarcón at the convention center in Havana,
where the permanent parliamentary committees are working in advance of
the fifth set of meetings for the Assembly’s seventh
legislature.<br><br>
Alarcón further emphasized that justice was being obstructed in Gerardo’s
case since he is being confined to the “hole” in the prison at
Victorville, California, without having committed any
infractions.<br><br>
The head of the Cuban parliament says it is a very serious situation,
because Gerardo is not only in the hole, but in punishing conditions, in
an extremely small cell without ventilation, with only a tiny opening
high in the wall of the cell that he shares with another
captive.<br><br>
“The U.S. government knows that Gerardo has certain physical ailments,
for which he has been asking to be seen by doctors since last April,”
said Alarcón, who added that Gerardo was only allowed a medical consult
on July 20th. The following day, however, he was taken to the hole,
a cell two meters long by one wide, where the temperatures are more than
95 degrees, despite the fact that he was diagnosed with several problems
and still lacking treatment.<br><br>
Alarcon said that apparently Gerardo is suffering from a bacteria that
according to the doctor who attended him, was circulating among the
prison population, with some very serious cases – although it’s not yet
known for certain if Gerardo has it too, because no analysis was
done. It also appears that Gerardo is suffering from newly
increased blood pressure. He is a young man, barely 45 years old,
but has experienced more than 12 extremely difficult episodes, recalled
Alarcón.<br><br>
Alarcón expressed his concern for the health of the Cuban anti-terrorist,
despite his strong will, above all, because he is not receiving medical
attention. “We have continually complained to the State Department
and have not received a response. It is not just that he is in the
hole, but in punishment conditions within the hole,” he said.<br><br>
He pointed out that Gerardo is unable to communicate with his attorneys
exactly at the time when they are working on his appeal, a situation that
has happened again and again throughout the entire process.
“Gerardo ought to be working with his attorneys on the grounds for his
habeas corpus appeal. The U.S. government knows this and right now
they have him incommunicado; he cannot communicate with his attorneys,
cannot receive correspondence, he is completely isolated and on top of it
all, he is ill, with risks to his physical integrity,” he
emphasized.<br><br>
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