Dr. Oscar Biscet, physician, winner of numerous human rights awards, including the 2008 Presidential Medal of Freedom, was arrested and brutally beaten earlier today.
Just in on Twitter, from Dr. Biscet’s wife Elsa Morejon:
#Cuba @OscarBiscet fue brutalmente golpeado por policia politica cuando lo arrestaron, desconozco donde esta. @AnaJure_Oficial @CSW_UK
— Elsa Morejon (@ElsaMorejon) February 25, 2014
Translation: OscarBiscet was brutally beaten by the political police when they arrested him, I do not know where he is.
Update, good news:
#Cuba Gracias a Dios y amigos solidarios liberan a mi esposo @OscarBiscet Me acaba de llamar de la calle Infanta, dice esta camino a casa.
— Elsa Morejon (@ElsaMorejon) February 25, 2014
@ElsaMorejon Thanks to God and supportive friends, my husband @OscarBiscet just called from the Infanta Street, says he is on his way home.
Reported nowhere–only here at Babalu. Only by Ziva. Thank you. Now lets’ spread the word.