Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, President of the Lawton Human Rights Foundation,
sentenced to 25 years of prison.
Dr. Elias Biscet – Doctor in Cuba
Dr. Elias Biscet's (born 1962) "crime" was among others to document the
government's abortion methods and to publish the book "Rivanol: A method
to destroy life" in April 1998. In this book he accuses the health
authorities of numerous forced abortions.
In the same year he was expelled from the Cuban health system. In
February 2002 he was imprisoned for so called incitement to
disobedience, lack of respect for state symbols and because of the
accusation of being a "foreign mercenary". He was sentenced to 25 years
of prison.
President of the Cuban Human Rights Foundation
Dr. Biscet, married and father of two children, is president of the not
officially recognised Lawton Human Rights Foundation in Cuba. He already
publicly denounced human rights violation in the 80s and since then he
is classified as "dangerous" by Cuban authorities.
Punishment of the Wife
His wife, the nurse Elsa Morejon, has also been expelled from the Cuban
health system and from her job because of her husband's human rights
activism. In March 1998 she was deprived of her right to abode in her
house. Since that time she and her sons depend on the support of
friends. She is not allowed to see her husband, all visits by family are
prohibited and his mail is not delivered.
Bad Health Condition
Dr Biscet suffers of, inter alia high blood pressure and sleeplessness,
due to the bad conditions of detention. He needs medical assistance
which he has not been granted so far. Together with five other doctors
he steps in for the medical treatment of other inmates. Currently he is
imprisoned in Combinado del Este in Havana. According to latest
information he lost about 30kg of weight and was in a bad physical state
since his detention.
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