Sole supposed crime of calling out in a Public Square in my hometown for the implementation of reforms, as they were taking place than in communist europe. Within prison, i remained steadfast as a political prisoner. Due to my constant struggle, i was subjected to the most refined forms of torture and cruel punishment. For example, on the morning of october 14 1994, highranking officers from the Political Police six dogs on me while my hands were handcuffed behind my back. Because they did not exempt the. Indoctrination program in the prison walls, i was sent to the most inhospitable and rigorous prison. Later, together with very courageous brothers from the prison we found it the Political Prisoners organization. In spite of repression, it managed to unify hundreds of Political Prisoners to carry out civic resistance within the prison walls. After i was released in 2007, i have continued with the struggles inside cuba, which i think is most important. This is a National Organization w
0 into the benghazi terror strike that killed four americans. richard engel returns to syria for the first time since his kidnapping and on a much lighter note, surfing s best rides and worst wipeouts. good morning. we begin this morning with new developments out of cleveland where prosecutors have filed charges against ariel castro accused of keeping three women as prisoners for more than a decade. castro will be arraigned in an ohio courtroom today facing seven felony counts of kidnapping and rape. we re also learning horrific details about what life was like in that house. nbc s ron allen has more. reporter: on a brilliant afternoon, a scene many feared would never happen, gina dejesus arrived home, her face hidden but with a big thumbs up as family, friends, and neighbors cheered all around her. i never gave up. under 24 hour suicide watch. outside a phoenix court, a chorus of cheers, clapping and celebrations from a community that did not believe the 32-year-old s claim of sel
and i m amanda berry. i ve been on the news for the last ten years. okay, i got that, dear. and you say what was his name again? ariel castro. and is he white, black or hispanic? hispanic. what s he wearing? i don t know cause he s not here right now. that s why i ran away. when he left, what was he wearing? who knows. the police are on the way. talk to them when they get there. i need okay. i told you they re on the way. talk to them when they get there. all right, okay. bye. just listen to that, it is absolutely mind boggling. you hear the absolute fear in berry s voice, fear, specifically, toward a man she named ariel castro, the 52-year-old is now under arrest, as we mentioned, along with his brothers pedro and oneil. as for charges, charges have not yet been filed, but a neighbor who saw the women say their
appeared and disappeared more than nine years ago. today, police tell us they never received any tips about this place, even though officers paid a visit inside this home years ago. we re getting our very first look at the men who are being held at this hour here in cleveland. take a look at this. these are the pictures from the city of cleveland. you have ariel castro, the homeowner, and his two brothers, pedro castro and oneil castro. each man at least 50 years of age. but the headline of this moment is just the sheer joy of loved ones, thought to be dead, now back where they belong, home. want to show you now a family reunion unlike any other we have seen. this is amanda berry in the center, the young girl in the bed is believed to be her young daughter. and on the other side of berry, her sister beth, who has not only seen berry, it has been