Former Cuban citizen sues Castro over alleged torture

A former Cuban citizen who says she was tortured with drugs and electricity as a political dissident filed a £5m (€7.3m) lawsuit against Cuban President Fidel Castro and others in his government in Tampa, Florida.

Former Cuban citizen sues Castro over alleged torture

A former Cuban citizen who says she was tortured with drugs and electricity as a political dissident filed a £5m (€7.3m) lawsuit against Cuban President Fidel Castro and others in his government in Tampa, Florida.

In the lawsuit filed in state court yesterday, Belkis Ferro, 51, said she was tortured at a Cuban hospital that was a front for a military prison.

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