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Norwegian Lawmaker Supports Freedom for Cuban Political Prisoners Miami. June 16, 2008. Cuban Democratic Directorate. Norwegian member of Parliament Jan Tore Sanner, the second-ranking member of Sanner, who represents the suburbs of During his stay, the lawmaker met with former political prisoner and journalist Manuel Vázquez Portal, the recently exiled activist Bertha Antúnez Pernet, sister of former political prisoner Jorge Luis García Pérez “Antúnez,” and with Blanca González, the mother of Normando Hernández González, a young imprisoned journalist. He listened to their personal testimony of the struggle for freedom in spite of the persecution they suffered. The European lawmaker was also able to directly address the Cuban people, delivering his message through a Radio República broadcast. “I’m here to show my solidarity with the people of “Human rights are universal rights, and we have to fight to have them. In April, John Suárez, the Director of International Relations for Directorio, and Bertha Antúnez Pernet visited Oslo where Suárez gave a presentation on human rights in Cuba at the Høyre Party’s National Convention. The event was part of the relaunch of the Campaign to Adopt Cuban Prisoners of Conscience, which has been well-received in Europe and Send by E-mail | Printable Version
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