login
login

Europe Daily Bulletin No. 8518

5 August 2003
GENERAL NEWS / (eu) eu/cuba
Presidency urges Cuba to treat imprisoned dissidents better

Rome, 04/08/2003 (Agence Europe) - On Friday, the Italian Presidency protested on behalf of the EU against the treatment of sick dissidents imprisoned in Cuba. A press release issued by the Italian foreign ministry notes that Italy and the European Union are extremely concerned at the state of health of several dissidents currently imprisoned on the island, particularly the economists Oscar Espinosa Chepe and Martha Beatriz Roque. Cuba's ambassador to Rome, Hugo Ramos Milanes, was summoned...