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Witness alleges about 800 political prisoners remain in Cuban prisons
Summary
At a House Committee on Natural Resources hearing, a witness alleged that about 800 political prisoners remain in Cuban prisons and described witnessing deaths from tuberculosis and malnutrition while imprisoned. The claim is presented in the transcript as the witness's assertion and is not corroborated in the provided excerpts.
A witness testifying before the House Committee on Natural Resources told the committee that roughly 800 political prisoners remain jailed in Cuba and described seeing inmates die from disease and malnutrition. "I know that the 800 political prisoners continue to live it in the prisons of the Cuban regime," the witness said, presenting the figure as part of their firsthand account.
The transcript contains the witness's direct assertion but does not include corroboration, citation, or committee verification of that specific number. The statement is therefore reported as an allegation in the transcript rather than an independently confirmed count. Committee staff or independent human-rights monitors would need to verify the figure before it could be treated as established fact.
The witness also described witnessing "men being killed with metal bars" and deaths from tuberculosis and malnutrition while incarcerated. Those allegations were presented as personal experience in the hearing excerpt; no committee response or external evidence appears in the provided segments.
