Saturday, October 27, 2007

The Real Rapid Response Teams

We all know these fine folks are dedicated to harassing and terrorizing dissidents in Cuba. I've taken the liberty of translating most of the article below which is the product of an independent journalist.

Rapid Response Brigades Acost Dissenter for Nearly 24 Hours
Ricardo Rodriguez

27 October 2007

Havana- Payolibre.com- Rapid Response Brigades (paramilitary mobs) commanded by State Security surrounded for almost 24 hours the house of Vladimir Alejo Miranda, President of the Popular Pro-Human Rights Movement “Miguel Valdés Tamayo”, affiliated with.....

According to this source, during this time, they used a subject who was drunk and another who is a banker in the illegal numbers game (la bolita) to paint Viva Fidel and Viva La Revolucion in red paint on the facade of his house, the same which was removed by Alejo Miranda in front of them.

From 10 PM on this past October 20 until the following day, the 21st, at 9:30 PM the family was prevented from leaving their home by threats of physical aggression.

The CDR (Committees for the defense of the revolution) co-ordinator for their block. named Jesus and an "outside" cow slaughterer, and the Delegate Irael Ravelo who sells gasoline illegally on the black market were among the principal accusers. With pieces of wood and offenses, they directed the repressive act...

These are the instruments the regime uses against the peaceful opposition, people with no morals or principals who call themselves revolutionaries in order to keep exercising in an illicit manner their bad behavior protected by the political police, concluded the source.

H/T Payo Libre

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