State Security agents beat dissident

State Security agents beat dissident
CUBANET

HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 30 (Álvaro Yero / www.cubanet.org) – Ernesto Rafael
Mena, an ex-political prisoner and president of opposition Democratic
Youth organization, says several State Security agents spotted him on
the street last week and got out of their patrol car and beat him up.

Mena said the agents beat him in the face, back and ribs and left him in
public view. Passersby took him to the Julio Trigo Hospital.

Mena was sentenced to four years in prison in 2003.

Dr. Darsi Ferrer denied medical treatment

HAVANA, Cuba, Sept. 30 (Yusnaimy Jorge Soca, www.cubanet.org) - Human
rights activist Dr. Darsi Ferrer says he is being denied medical
treatment in jail.

Darsi, a medical doctor, said from his cell that he is suffering from an
oral infection and a metabolic problem that impedes the absorption of
calcium.

Lt. Col. Julio Perera Ferrer, director of the Valle Grande jail, said
the facility lacks the specialists and budget to treat Ferrer's problems.

Before he was jailed in last month on charges of buying cement on the
black market, Ferrer tried to get a visa on humanitarian grounds so he
could travel to Spain for promised treatment.

.charged in Antes de ser encarcelado, Darsi estaba realizando gestiones
para ir a España, por visa humanitaria, para recibir tratamiento
gratuito ofrecido por un odontólogo español, quien asumiría el costo del
viaje, el tratamiento y la estancia.

Darsi Ferrer, who was arrested last month on charges of buying bags of
cement on the black market.

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(30 September 2009)
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