A. Domínguez and J. Ferrer
Cuban political prisoner José Daniel Ferrer García has entered the fourth week of a hunger strike started to protest human rights abuses at the Las Tunas provincial prison where he is serving an unjust sentence handed down by the Castro dictatorship. To show her support, Ferrer's sister has started her own hunger strike.
Political prisoner Alfredo Domínguez Batista has ended a similar protest.
Cuban Democratic Directorate has the latest on these two very brave men:
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Political prisoner Alfredo Domínguez Batista has ended a similar protest.
Cuban Democratic Directorate has the latest on these two very brave men:
Las Tunas, Cuba. August 19, 2009. Cuban Democratic Directorate. A hunger strike launched by two Cuban prisoners of conscience has entered its fourth week, sources on the island reported. Additionally, the sister of one of the prisoners has begun her own hunger strike in solidarity.
José Daniel Ferrer García and Alfredo Domínguez Batista, who were imprisoned by the Communist regime during the Black Spring crackdown of 2003, launched the hunger strike to protest against arbitrary measures and mistreatment against them by prison authorities. Domínguez Batista was moved to a rural prison called El Potosí on August 14th, where his wife Melba Santana Ariz was able to see him and confirm he had ended his strike. Ferrer García, however, remains in an isolation cell in El Típico Provincial Prison in Las Tunas province as of this writing.
Ana Belkis Ferrer García, José Daniel’s sister, declared her own strike on August 13th, after going before provincial authorities to demand respect for her brother’s rights. Currently, Ana Belkis is carrying out her hunger strike in the city of Santiago, but is out of contact. Her telephone service has been cut off, as well as that of Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva from the Council of Human Rights Rapporteurs of Cuba. Gonzalez Leiva and the Council have been following José Daniel’s case closely.
“Ana Belkis’s health is deteriorating. Her blood pressure is low, she is experiencing abdominal pains, dizziness, and all the symptoms caused by not consuming food,” reported independent journalist Raudel Avila by telephone to the Cuban Democratic Directorate.
José Daniel Ferrer García and Alfredo Domínguez Batista, who were imprisoned by the Communist regime during the Black Spring crackdown of 2003, launched the hunger strike to protest against arbitrary measures and mistreatment against them by prison authorities. Domínguez Batista was moved to a rural prison called El Potosí on August 14th, where his wife Melba Santana Ariz was able to see him and confirm he had ended his strike. Ferrer García, however, remains in an isolation cell in El Típico Provincial Prison in Las Tunas province as of this writing.
Ana Belkis Ferrer García, José Daniel’s sister, declared her own strike on August 13th, after going before provincial authorities to demand respect for her brother’s rights. Currently, Ana Belkis is carrying out her hunger strike in the city of Santiago, but is out of contact. Her telephone service has been cut off, as well as that of Juan Carlos Gonzalez Leiva from the Council of Human Rights Rapporteurs of Cuba. Gonzalez Leiva and the Council have been following José Daniel’s case closely.
“Ana Belkis’s health is deteriorating. Her blood pressure is low, she is experiencing abdominal pains, dizziness, and all the symptoms caused by not consuming food,” reported independent journalist Raudel Avila by telephone to the Cuban Democratic Directorate.
Read the rest, here.
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