My husband Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet is a prisoner of conscience from the crackdown against the 75, who were imprisoned during the spring of 2003 in Cuba. He was sentenced to 25 years in prison, and is on the list of prisoners to be released pursuant to the agreement reached between the Cuban government and the Cuban Catholic Church. Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet has publicly expressed his decision not to emigrate from Cuba. The Cardinal of Havana, Jaime Ortega, has told international public opinion that emigration is an option, not a requirement, for the release of the prisoners. On July 2nd, I personally met with Ortega Alamino and expressed to him my husband's decision not to emigrate. As of this day, neither the Cuban government, nor the Church, has communicated to either my husband or myself any other information regarding his release.
Sincerely,
Elsa Morejon Hernandez
Wife of Dr. Biscet
July 14, 2010
