BEATRIZ ROQUE
2007-04-22. www.netforcuba.org
Martha Beatriz Roque
I would like to divulge this information.
On April 17, 2007, I received a phone call that threatened my life, so
that I would no longer speak on Radio Marti, and so that I would not
meet with Portuguese reporters in my home.
At 3:00 in the afternoon, I had taped a program with Maria Marquez of
Radio Martí, about the third document of the series that I write titled
The Two Faces of One Coin. The Reporters of RTP (Radio and Television
Portuguese) named Sandra Filgueiras and Bruno de Jesus, called me at 10
minutes to 4:00 pm, just minutes before we were to meet, to inform me
that the Center for International Press had informed them that they are
to meet with a Vice Minister of Foreign Relations, which impeded my
interview.
I took a call that was holding for me on the telephone, and a man began
to threaten me, then I reacted and turned on my recorder and was able to
pick up this conversation.
Voice: Martha, you are putting your life in danger, you are going to
prison again.
Martha Beatriz: Yes, no, no problem, if I have to go to jail again, I
will. You know this is how the Cuban Government wants it to be, so it's
all the same to me.
Voice: It's all the same to you, no, Martha?
Martha Beatriz: Exactly the same, what else?
Voice: Would you like me to put you in an enclosed cell, Martha?
Martha Beatriz: Enclosed cell? Also. No problem.
Voice: Yes Martha, you will fall into that. No?
Martha Beatriz: You have that ability?
Voice: Of course.
Martha Beatriz: Oh, good!!!
Voice: The one who is speaking to you is from the State Security.
Martha Beatriz: Oh! One from the State Security is speaking to me, then
you have no problems.
Voice: You heard Martha, be careful, take care of yourself.
Martha Beatriz: Afterwards, you will hear your voice on Radio Marti.
Voice: Yes, Martha?
Martha Beatriz: You heard?
Voice: Yes, ah, you taped it?
Martha Beatriz: Of course, aren't you threatening me even with death, I
have to tape this, so people will hear you.
Voice: Ah, that is fine Martha, well.
Martha Beatriz: Well, has been a pleasure.
Voice: One of these days you will spend it very badly, Martha.
Martha Beatriz: Well, whenever you would like.
Today, April 18, 2007, I heard that the Portuguese reporters were
detained twice even though they are accredited as such, with their
corresponding permits to be in this country. Because my telephone is
intercepted by the Political Police, and the proof I have for this is
that the regime has placed parts of my private conversations on
television, on the program Mesa Redonda, the level of knowledge of the
person who spoke to me leaves no doubt that they were well informed.
The tape with the recording is available to all who wish to hear it.
Martha Beatriz Roque
Havana, Cuba. April 18th, 2007
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Translation from Spanish to English was made by Fundacion Civica Martiana
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