Handkerchief Letter
Cuba 2009
Cuban medical professional and human rights activist Óscar Elías Biscet wrote this letter to U.S. President Barack Obama in 2009 while serving a 25 year prison sentence for his public support of human rights in Cuba. It is written on a cloth handkerchief. Biscet was released in 2011 after appeals from the United Nations, foreign governments, and international human rights organizations.
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Handkerchief Letter. 2009. National Museum of American Diplomacy, https://diplomacy.state.gov/items/handkerchief-letter
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APA Format
(2009). Handkerchief Letter [Object]. National Museum of American Diplomacy, Washington, D.C., United States. https://diplomacy.state.gov/items/handkerchief-letter