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U.S. Condemns Cuban Harassment of Its Citizens
Starting April 1, Cuban police have been harassing Jose Daniel Ferrer, a prominent opposition leader, at the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) along with ordinary Cubans gathered there to obtain free food, which the police seized. Nevertheless, that day the organization fed 1,281 people, more than 40 of whom were victims of arrests and harassment.[1] On April 2, the U.S. State…
State Department Grants the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Award to José Daniel Ferrer
State Department Grants the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Award to José Daniel Ferrer
On June 12, the U.S. State Department granted the Truman-Reagan Medal of Freedom Award to José Daniel Ferrer, a Cuban who has persistently criticized various policies of his government and who has been persecuted for so doing. Here is the text of that award.[1]
“Human rights defender José Daniel Ferrer has spent most of his adult life imprisoned for trying to make Cuba a free nation. Ferrer has…
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U.S. Senate Committee Demands Cuba To Release José Daniel Ferrer
U.S. Senate Committee Demands Cuba To Release José Daniel Ferrer
As previously reported in this blog, last year on October 1 Cuban activist José Daniel Ferrer was arbitrarily arrested and detained without charges and subjected to cruel treatment in jail despite protests from the U.S. the European Union and human rights groups. This year, on February 22, he finally was tried for the alleged crimes of injury and deprivation of liberty to third parties and…
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Ferrer Sentenced to Prison and Then Released to House Arrest
On April 3, José Daniel Ferrer appeared in the Provincial court in Santiago de Cuba, where the judges announced that he was guilty of assault and kidnapping and sentenced to four and a half years in prison. Instead the judges released him to house arrest on condition he not carry out any political activity.. His civilian clothes were returned, and he was returned to his home in a patrol car.[1]
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Cuba Releases Dissident Artist
Two weeks ago Cuba arrested Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, a dissident artist, for insulting national symbols by draping himself in the Cuban flag in a bathroom. Afterwards officials said he was not an artist, stressed the importance of respecting the flag and placed him in preventive detention without charges and with two trials scheduled.[1]
This was consistent with the government’s previously…
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José Danial Ferrer Tried for Common Crime in Cuba
José Danial Ferrer Tried for Common Crime in Cuba
As reported in a prior post, on February 24, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo demanded that Cuba release José Daniel Ferrer, a political dissident.
Instead, on February 26, he was put on trial in Santiago de Cuba for the alleged crimes of injury, deprivation of liberty to third parties and attack. “However, according to the European External Action Service (EEAS), he was tried for the…
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Secretary Pompeo Demands Release of Cuban Dissident
On February 24, U.S. Secretary of State Michael Pompeo sent an open letter to Cuba Foreign Minister Bruno Edwardo Rodriguez Parrilla demanding the immediate release of Jose Daniel Ferrer, a Cuban dissident. [1]
The Pompeo Letter
“Cuban human rights defender Jose Daniel Ferrer has endured more than 100 days of unjust imprisonment and repeatedly has been dragged, chained, beaten, and burned at the…
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Cuba Tells European Union That Ferrer Is Not a Political Detainee
On November 26, 2019, Norma Goicochea, Cuba’s Ambassador to the European Union (EU), released an open letter to the European Parliament asserting the José Daniel Ferrer is not a political detainee on the island.[1] The following alleged grounds were provided for that conclusion:
On October 1 Ferrer was arrested “in response to the complaint filed by his countryman Sergio García, who accused him…
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