Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet receives Presidential Medal of Freedom
President George W. Bush presents the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Yan Valdes Morejon and Winnie Biscet in honor of their father Oscar Elias Biscet during a ceremony Monday, Nov. 5, 2007, in the East Room. “Oscar Biscet is a healer — known to 11 million Cubans as a physician, a community organizer, and an advocate for human rights,” said the President about the imprisoned physician. “The international community agrees that Dr. Biscet’s imprisonment is unjust, yet the regime has refused every call for his release.” White House photo by Joyce N. Boghosian.
President Bush awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom to Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet yesterday. Of course, because Dr. Biscet is locked in Fidel Castro’s gulag, the President had to present the award to Dr. Biscet’s son and daughter.
There’s not much for me to add to this, other than to say if anyone deserves the Presidential Medal of Freedom, it’s Dr. Biscet. I’ll leave you with a few links below.
- Transcript of President Bush’s remarks
- Audio file of President Bush’s remarks
- Video of the ceremony
- NPR story on Dr. Biscet
- The “Free Biscet” website
- Babalu Blog, which has tons of posts and links on Dr. Biscet and his award
- Marc Mas Ferrer’s blog Uncommon Sense, where he focuses on Cuban political prisoners including Dr. Biscet
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