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August 23, 2012

Cuban police arrest former Group of 75 prisoner of conscience Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia (updated

Jose Daniel Ferrer has been released.

Ferrer
'We Cubans demand the immediate release of Jose Daniel Ferrer.'

Cuban police early Thursday stormed into the Santiago de Cuba home of former prisoner of conscience Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia and arrested him and seized documents and other belongings.

Since his release from prison two years ago, Ferrer has become one of the Castro regime's most forceful opponents, leading the Patriotic Union of Cuba in a variety of anti-communist activities. In turn, the regime has made him a target for numerous arrests and other harassment.

The arrest -- one of dozens of activists that were part of a recent crackdown -- coincided with the one-year anniversary Friday of the founding of the Patriotic Union.

Posted by on August 23, 2012 at 10:02 PM |

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