Posts Tagged: Jared Genser
Iran Prison Fire Kills Four, Injures 61 as Protests Persist
A fire at Iran's Evin prison late on Saturday killed four detainees and injured 61, state media reported, as anti-government protests sparked by a woman's...
UN Informs Cuba that Detention of Alan Gross Violates International Law
Josefina Vidal, head of North American Affairs at the Cuban Foreign Ministry, said in a press conference Wednesday that the United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary...
U.S. Senators Call on Cuba for Immediate Release of Alan Gross
U.S. Senators Ben Cardin (D-MD) and Jerry Moran (R-KS) have introduced a resolution calling on Cuba to immediately and unconditionally release Jewish-American contractor Alan Gross,...
Attorney: Cuba Releases Gross’s Biopsy Results Without his Permission
The Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs said in a statement Wednesday that a biopsy conducted on Jewish-American contractor Alan Gross, who has been imprisoned in Cuba since December...
What Does the Future Hold for Jews Jailed, Held Hostage Overseas?
"There are, I think, almost 3,000 Americans in foreign jails. Almost all of them are in there for doing something." That is the assessment given to JNS.org...
Doctor Says Imprisoned Jewish Contractor Gross Could Have Cancer
A doctor who reviewed medical records for Alan Gross—a Jewish-American contractor imprisoned in Cuba for nearly three years for trying to bring that country's Jewish...
Jailed Contractor Gross’s Wife Says his Health ‘Continues to Deteriorate’ in Cuba
Judy Gross, the wife of jailed American Jewish contractor Alan Gross, said her husband's health "continues to deteriorate" upon returning from visiting him in Cuba. "[Alan]...
