New NGO formed for political prisoners

New NGO formed for political prisoners

HAVANA, March 2 (Shelyn Rojas / www.cubanet.org) - A new
non-governmental organization named Commission for the Attention of
Political Prisoners and their Families was founded last week.

Froilán Osmany Rodríguez Sánchez, president of the NGO, said, "Since
November of 2005 a small group of activists decided to undertake this
project to look after political prisoners and their families, thus
expressing to them our spiritual support and unconditional solidarity."

The NGO's constitution was decided upon February 19 at a meeting in the
home of its vice-president, Lázaro Prieto Álvarez.

Those present at the founding meeting included Sergio Pastor Martínez
Carrazana, Ricardo Aguilar García, Cristóbal Soriano Argudín, Pedro
Leonel Ordoñez, José Lorenzo Pérez Fidalgo and Daniel Mesa Castillo.

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