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One Assembly Delegate Detained, Others Arrive
Wednesday, May 18, 2005   By: Juan Paxety

Assembly to Promote Civil Society

The Assembly to Promote Civil Society says another of it's delegates had been detained by the castro government.  The Assembly is meeting this weekend to discuss the transition of the Cuban government to a democracy.

Support and Information Center, Miami, Florida, May 17, 2005, Press Advisory - 6 PM - Juan Carlos Gonzalez - Leyva, President of the Cuban Human Rights Foundation, reports from Cuba via telephone that on May 15th at 4 PM, Jose Antonio Mole Porro, member of the organization and director of the Independent Library "Pedro Luis Boitel". Mole Porro, Delegate to the May 20th General meeting for the province of Camaguey, was detained when he was about to travel to Havana in order to participate in the General Meeting of the Assembly. At the police station where Mole Porro was taken, no explanation was given as to the reasons for his detention, according to a declaration given by his wife, Taiti Emilia.

SUPPORT AND INFORMATION CENTER
ASSEMBLY TO PROMOTE CIVIL SOCIETY
850 N.W. Le Jeune Road
Telephone: (786)-552-7579
Fax: (786)-552-7571
Website: www.asambleasociedadcivilcuba.info

At the same time, other delegates have arrived in Havana for the meeting, safe and sound so far.

Support and Information Center, Miami, Florida, May 17, 2005, Press Advisory - 12 noon - The Assembly’s Executive Group informs that 6 delegates for the Assembly arrived yesterday in Havana; 4 delegates from the Las Villas province and 2 delegates from the "Youth Isle". These delegates had no relatives in Havana, and the Assembly found them a place to stay. Other delegates are already in Havana in the homes of their relatives, waiting for May 20th. "Coco" Farina of Santa Clara -  who was at the Military Hospital in prison together with Martha Beatriz Roque, is among the delegates.

The Executive Group reports through Martha Beatriz Roque that the General Meeting is indivisible. Due to the fact that there are some groups announcing meetings of the Assembly on May 20th in other sites in the island, the Executive Group wants to ratify that the only valid meeting is in Rio Verde, Rancho Boyeros.

SUPPORT AND INFORMATION CENTER
ASSEMBLY TO PROMOTE CIVIL SOCIETY
850 N.W. Le Jeune Road
Telephone: (786)-552-7579
Fax: (786)-552-7571
Website: www.asambleasociedadcivilcuba.info

Support and Information Center, Miami, Florida, May 17, 2005, Press Advisory - 9 PM - The Executive Group of the Assembly to Promote Civil Society in Cuba has informed us through a telephone call that there are already 45 delegates to the 20th of May General meeting in Havana. They also report that by tomorrow, the site in which the meeting will take place - representing a step closer to democracy - will be ready. At the same time, we have been able to verify that forty-five French parliamentarians have applied for visas from the consular authorities in Paris to attend the May 20th General Meeting.
 
CENTRO DE APOYO E INFORMACION
REUNION GENERAL - 20 DE MAYO
APSC
850 N.W. LE JEUNE ROAD
TELEFONO: (786)-552-7579
WEBSITE: WWW.ASAMBLEASOCIEDADCIVILCUBA.INFO

These people are putting their lives, and the safety of their families, in danger to promote human rights and a decent government in their country. Sadly, most of the world is ignoring them.  Keep them in your prayers.

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