Efren Fernández Fernández
Cuban democracy activist Efren Fernández Fernández has been imprisoned in the Castro gulag since the "black spring" crackdown in 2003, and like for so many other political prisoners, the gulag has taken a heavy toll on Fernández's health.
In fact, Fernández , who suffers from kidney problems and a skin infection, is so sick that even some of the guards at the Guanajay prison have joined with other inmates to complain to authorities about his condition, according to a report from Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, president of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL).
Of course, the pleas have gone ignored.
As a member of the MCL, Fernández helped lead the Varela Project, which gathered and in 2002 presented to the Cuban government the names of thousands of citizens asking for democratic change in Cuba. For his efforts, in 2003 Fernández was arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Payá implored international governments and human rights groups to intercede with the Castro regime in Havana "to stop the abuse and inhumane conditions" in which Cuban political prisoners like Fernández are held.
In fact, Fernández , who suffers from kidney problems and a skin infection, is so sick that even some of the guards at the Guanajay prison have joined with other inmates to complain to authorities about his condition, according to a report from Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, president of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL).
Of course, the pleas have gone ignored.
As a member of the MCL, Fernández helped lead the Varela Project, which gathered and in 2002 presented to the Cuban government the names of thousands of citizens asking for democratic change in Cuba. For his efforts, in 2003 Fernández was arrested and sentenced to 12 years in prison.
Payá implored international governments and human rights groups to intercede with the Castro regime in Havana "to stop the abuse and inhumane conditions" in which Cuban political prisoners like Fernández are held.
Sign petition for release of Cuban political prisoners
Recent Comments