Jenny’s Pennies

As you all have read, Cuban leader Fidél Castro announced his resignation this week. On Sunday, a new president will be appointed, most probably Fidél Castro’s brother Raul.

In the end of January, I met with Cuban dissident Héctor Palacios Ruiz and his wife Gisela Delgado in Stockholm. Héctor Palacios was among the 75 people who were arrested in a mass crackdown on the opposition in March 2003 (the arrests took place the same day as the invasion of Iraq, when the media spotlight was turned elsewhere). He is now conditionally released due to health problems.

My text (in Swedish) about Héctor and Gisela are up on the Amnesty Press website now, and a shorter version will appear in the coming print issue of the magazine.

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