Oscar Elías Biscet is a prominent Christian activist living within Cuba born on July 20, 1961. He is the founder of the Lawton Foundation, an illegal group within Cuba which seeks to promote human rights.

On August 1999, Biscet, along with two dozen other dissidents, was detained by Cuban police for organizing meetings in Havana and Mantanza . Police seized him in Pedro Betancourt and took him to Jovellanos . While in custody, the police beat him, kicked him, stripped him naked, and burned him with cigarettes. The government then threatened to detain him longer if he continued promoting pro-democratic activities in Cuba. He was released from jail on August 17, 1999.

He is one of the 75 dissidents imprisoned in 2003 by the Castro regime in Cuba for his alleged association with the head of the US Interests Section in Havana James Cason. Biscet was given a 25 year sentence.

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