Elsa Morej News Today

Cuban opposition leader and former political prisoner Oscar Elias Biscet was arrested by State Security early Tuesday morning and held for several hours before finally being released. The purpose of his arrest appears to be an attempt by the communist dictatorship to prevent him from attending a meeting of his dissident organization, the Emilia Project,

Since 1959, around 3,116 people have been shot on the island, mainly men and accused of common or political crimes.