Darsi Ferrer Ramírez
Cuban dissident (1969-2017)
Darsi Ferrer Ramírez (2 November 1969 – 6 October 2017), was a Cuban doctor, journalist, director of Juan Bruno Zayas Health and Human Rights Center, and a dissident.[1] He put in jail by President Fidel Castro.[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]
Ramírez in Havana on 6 October 2017 at the age of 47.
References
change- ↑ "Jailed dissident doctor to be charged". Miami Herald.
- ↑ "Doctor and journalist arrested and taken to Havana jail". Reporters Without Borders. Archived from the original on 2009-07-30.
- ↑ "Dissident doctor on hunger strike". Miami Herald.
- ↑ "Temen una dura condena para opositor".
- ↑ "Real Cuba Blog, Dr. Darsi Ferrer has been released". Archived from the original on 2010-06-27. Retrieved 2017-10-07.
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