Darsi Ferrer Ramírez

Darsi Ferrer Ramírez

Darsi Ferrer Ramírez is a Cuban doctor, journalist, director of Juan Bruno Zayas Health and Human Rights Center, and a dissident.^[1][2]

He organized protests at the UNESCO headquarters in Havana and published about poverty in Cuba. He was arrested and went on a hunger strike.^[3] Ferrer was facing up to 8 years in prison.^[4] He was released on 22 June 2010.^[5]

On 26 February 2010 Amnesty International adopted Dr. Darsi Ferrer Ramírez as a prisoner of conscience in Cuba and urged President Raúl Castro for his immediate and unconditional release.^[6]

On 23 March 2010 Dr. Darsi Ferrer Ramírez was the recipient of the 2009 State Department Freedom Defenders Award, Honorable Mention. This award recognized Dr. Ferrer’s work and bravery in the defense of human rights in Cuba.^[7]

Darsi Ferrer at home. La Havana, November 2008.

See also

Cuba portal

• Human Rights in Cuba
• Amnesty International
• Politics of Cuba
• Opposition to Fidel Castro

References

1. ^ "Jailed dissident doctor to be charged". Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1162185.html. 
2. ^ "Doctor and journalist arrested and taken to Havana jail". Reporters Without Borders. http://www.rsf.org/Doctor-and-journalist-arrested-and.html. 
3. ^ "Dissident doctor on hunger strike". Miami Herald. http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1160704.html. 
4. ^ "Temen una dura condena para opositor". http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1161757.html. 
5. ^ Real Cuba Blog, Dr. Darsi Ferrer has been released
6. ^ "Cuban human rights activist in maximum security prison must be released". Amnesty International. http://www.amnesty.org/en/news-and-updates/cuban-human-rights-activist-maximum-security-prison-must-be-released-2010-02-26. 
7. ^ "Daily Press Briefing – March 23". U.S. Department of State. http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/dpb/2010/03/138960.htm. 

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