Reply #1: Cuba announces trial date for Alan Gross

[Judi Lynn]

February 24, 2011
Cuba announces trial date for Alan Gross
JTA

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Gross’ family and State Department officials say he was in the country on a U.S. Agency for International Development contract to help the country’s 1,500 Jews communicate with other Jewish communities through the Internet.

The main Jewish groups in Cuba have denied any contact with or knowledge of Gross or the program.

Gross reportedly is being held in a military hospital; he is suffering from health problems and is reported to have lost 90 pounds.

On Thursday, Gross’ wife, Judy, pleaded with the Cuban government to release her husband on humanitarian grounds. Gross’ daughter, 26, has breast cancer, and his mother has been diagnosed with lung cancer.

http://www.jewishjournal.com/world/article/cuba_announces_trial_date_for_alan_gross_20110224/

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