Cuba: Opositora apela la decisión del Tribunal de Placetas
By: Freeforall
Posted: Aug 21 08
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La opositora cubana Iris Tamara Pérez Aguilera informó hoy miércoles 20 de agosto su decisión de iniciar un recurso de apelación a la decisión ratificada hoy por el Tribunal Municipal Popular de Placetas, sobre los hechos acontecidos el día 3 de agosto de 2008.
"No tengo porqué pagar una multa si yo no he cometido ningún delito... mi único crimen según ellos fue defender al joven Melquíades Hernández que se estaba desangrando y encima de eso, lo estaban golpeando," declaró hoy Pérez Aguilera vía telefónica al Directorio Democratico Cubano.
Pérez Aguilera mantiene su inocencia ante los cargos de "resistencia" y "desacato" con los cuales la Policía Nacional Revolucionaria (PNR) la quiere sancionar por haber intercedido a favor de los derechos humanos del joven Melquíades Hernández, víctima de una golpiza brutal propinada por la PNR en las calles de Placetas el 6 de agosto.
Cuban opposition activist Iris Tamara Pérez Aguilera reported today that she intends to appeal a decision reached today by the People's Municipal Tribunal of Placetas concerning an incident ocurred on August 3, 2008.
"I have no reason to pay a fine if I have committed no crime... My only crime, according to them, was to have defended Melquíades Hernández, a young man who was bleeding profusely, and on top of that, they were beating him," stated Pérez Aguilera today by telephone to the Cuban Democratic Directorate.
Pérez Aguilera is maintaining her complete innocence of the charges of "resistance" and "contempt" with which she the National Revolutionary Police (NRP) intends to punish her for having interceded to defend the rights of Melquíades Hernández, the young victim of a brutal beating by the NRP on the streets of Placetas on August 3.
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