English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
“In the world there has to be a certain quantity of decency, just as there has to be a certainly quantity of light. Where there are many men without decency, there are always others who have in themselves the decency of many men. Those are the ones who rebel with terrible force against those who … Continue reading “Liberty Costs Dearly, and Angel Santiesteban Decided to Buy It for Its Price”
14ymedio, Havana, 2 August 2014 — Writer Ángel Santiesteban has been relocated to a prison under the control of Border Guard Troops in the Flores neighborhood near the town of Jaimanita, west of Havana. After weeks of uncertainty and conflicting information, a reporter for 14ymedio was able to locate and see this military unit. For three weeks Santiesteban‘s situation … Continue reading “Angel Santiesteban, Being Held in Military Unit to the West of Havana / 14ymedio”
Inexact information published in recent days with respect to the true state of Angel Santiesteban created information and confusion and has been spread on the Internet, causing concern to those in many countries of the world who are concerned about the unjust imprisonment of this writer. For him, after confirmation with family sources and others … Continue reading “Communication About the Prison Situation of Angel Santiesteban”
14YMEDIO, Havana, August 22, 2014 – The writer Angel Santiesteban might have been transferred to La Lima prison, located in the Havana municipality of Guanabacoa. The information was provided to 14ymedio by Lilianne Ruíz, a freelance journalist who visited the police station at Acosta and Diez de October streets where the narrator and blogger was … Continue reading “Angel Santiesteban Transferred to La Lima Prison / 14ymedio”
{*Translator’s Note: Angel disappeared from prison on July 21, 2014. As of today he has not been heard from for 29 days.} Five days* have passed now since the disappearance of the writer Angel Santiesteban in Havana, barely hours after he wrote a post from Lawton prison, in which he announced to the world that … Continue reading “Amidst Rumors and Disinformation, Angel Santiesteban Continues Missing”
Published Wednesday, August 6, 2014 Cuban writer and blogger Angel Santiesteban-Prats disappeared from the jail at San Miguel del Padron on July 21, 2014. Authorities at first said that he had escaped; nevertheless, ten days later his daughter managed to speak with him briefly at a police precinct. His whereabouts are still unknown. After having … Continue reading “RWB Exhorts Cuban Authorities to Clarify Angel Santiesteban-Prats’ Situation”
By Armando Añel, July 30, 2014 The confused news that comes from Havana indicates that either Angel Santiesteban ran away from the prison-settlement where he was unjustly imprisoned or the political police have launched a fabrication to condemn him to a longer term of imprisonment and keep him isolated. In any case, we must wait … Continue reading “Angel Santiesteban and the Path of the Fugitive”
The truth is always above all and we must devote ourselves to it. And, before the accumulation of contradictory information about the actual status, location and circumstances that surround the case of the writer Angel Santiesteban, fulfilling the responsibility to be the voice of the writer and not adding our voice to any of the … Continue reading “Communication About the Situation of Angel Santiesteban”
Since yesterday, July 21, Angel Santiesteban Prats is in an unknown location. I will now relate the events that preceded this new arbitrariness on the part of Cuban State Security. Joining him in his helplessness is his younger son, Eduardo Angel Santiesteban Rodriguez, 16 years old, the son of Angel and the woman who plotted against him … Continue reading “S.O.S.: Angel Santiesteban Transferred and His Whereabouts Unknown”
14YMEDIO, Havana, 28 July 2014 – Since July 23 Angel Santiesteban’s family has denounced his disappearance from the Lawton Prison Settlement. That day the prize-winning author was taken from the place where he was serving a five-year sentence for an alleged crime of violation of domicile and injury. Until this morning his whereabouts were unknown. This … Continue reading “Angel Santiesteban is Being Held at the Acosta and Diez de Octubre Police Station / 14ymedio”
If we paused to observe Leopoldo Lopez and Angel Santiesteban-Prats for one moment, we see two very different physical types. One is very slim, the other sturdy. One is a lawyer, the other a writer. One is Venezuelan, the other Cuban; both are the father of a girl and a boy. Both share the same … Continue reading “Leopoldo Lopez and Angel Santiesteban: Two Lives and One Destiny”
Angel continues being held in an unknown location, transferred illegally and without being able to communicate to his family, a few days after his son, Eduardo Angel Santiesteban Rodriguez, told the truth about what happened when he was only a child. He now is a 16-year-old adolescent. Forced and manipulated by his mother — Kenia … Continue reading “Completely dismantled, the farce against Angel Santiesteban continues in an unknown location”
Angel’s whereabouts remain unknown; the authorities have not mentioned his transfer, and when his son, a minor, Eduardo Santiesteban calls the prison to obtain information they tell him that Angel “escaped.” We demand the immediate appearance of Angel in perfect condition, the restoration of ALL of his rights, a review of his trial with all … Continue reading “Extremely Urgent: Angel Santiesteban Remains Missing”
In the most total secrecy, State Security is preparing my transfer to a military unit of border guards. In the last few days, a rumor started that now has become plausible, inasmuch as the prison authorities are waiting for my transfer in order to bring me to a Minister or a Vice-Minister of Construction who … Continue reading “S.O.S. Imminent Transfer: Am I more dangerous than the murderers? / Angel Santiesteban”
