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May 10, 2012

Cuba activist Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia arrested again (UPDATED)

Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia was released from jail on Thursday, 24 hours after his latest arrest.

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Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia was arrested in Havana on Wednesday.

Ferrer, who had been released April 29 after almost a month in jail, was on his way to the Czech embassy to access the Internet, when the Castro police swept in and arrested him.

Details of his whereabouts were not known, but human rights activist Elizardo Sanchez, with whom Ferrer was staying while visiting the capital said he thought Ferrer would be returned to his hometown of Santiago de Cuba.

Ferrer was part of the Group of 75 dissidents arrested and imprisoned during "the black spring" of 2003. He was released last year and quickly resumed his anti-Castro activism. He currently is the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba.

Diario de Cuba has more.

Posted by on May 10, 2012 at 05:56 AM in Cuba |

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