Amnistía Internacional pide ACCIÓN URGENTE por la detención sin cargos en Cuba, por más de 10 días, de José Daniel Ferrer, uno de los activistas pacíficos más notorios de la isla.

En un comunicado de ayer, día 13 de Abril, que puede visualizaraquí (http://www.unpacu.org/wp-content/uploads/UA-AMR-25.015.2012-Cuban-prisoner-of-conscience-still-held2.pdf), Amnistía Internacional describe la situación de este pacífico activista de Derechos Humanos que ha sido detenido sin cargos, en prisión e incomunicado, por más de 11 días ya.

El arresto violento en su propia casa de José Daniel Ferrer y Belkis Cantillo, en presencia de sus hijos, además de la de otros más de 40 activistas y Damas de Blanco, pone el broche a la represión derivada por la visita del Papa, antes de la cual ya se reportaron más de 400 arrestos y deteniciones arbitrarias y sin cargos de Damas de Blanco, activistas de la Unión Patriótica de Cuba y de otras organizaciones disidentes. La hija de Ferrer, Dama de Blanco, exponía hace días lo que aconteció en su casa, en un vídeo subido por la Unión Patriótica de Cuba a Internet, así como Belkis Cantillo lo contaba tras la liberación, por teléfono.

La Organización Mundial Contra la Tortura (OMCT) ha emitido, sólo en 2012, 3 comunicados urgentes este principio de año, más del doble de la media de los últimos 5 años, que evidencian la gravedad de la situación. Otras muchas organizaciones, como Human Rights Watch (HRW) también multiplican las denuncias en este 2012.

Amnistía Internacional, 13 Abril, 2012. Documento en inglés.

Further information on UA: 99/12 Index: AMR 25/015/2012 Cuba Date: 13 April 2012

URGENT ACTION

CUBAN PRISONER OF CONSCIENCE STILL HELD

Cuban government critic José Daniel Ferrer García has been detained without charge for

more than 10 days. Amnesty International considers him to be a prisoner of conscience,

detained solely for peacefully exercising his right to freedom of expression. 42 others

arrested at the same time have now been released.

José Daniel Ferrer García

has been detained without charge since 2 April when he was arrested by security forces along with 42 others as

part of a crackdown on government critics in the province of Santiago de Cuba. The others detained – who

included his wife Belkis Cantillo Ramírez, a member of the protest group Ladies in White – were all released

without a charge a few days after their arrest.

José Daniel Ferrer García is being held at the provincial headquarters of the Department of State Security

(Departamento de Seguridad del Estado) in the neighbourhood of Versalles, on the outskirts of the city of Santiago

de Cuba. He has yet to be charged and has not had access to a lawyer.

José Daniel Ferrer García was previously declared a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International, along with

74 others who were imprisoned in 2003 solely for their the peaceful expression of their opinions. He was granted

conditional release in March 2011, having served eight of his 25 year sentence. Under the terms of his release, he

could be sent back to prison to serve out the remainder of his sentence. Amnesty International believes his arrest is

an attempt to repress the peaceful dissident activities he and members of UNPACU are undertaking in eastern

Cuba and the organization is once again adopting him as a prisoner of conscience.

Please write immediately in Spanish or your own language:

Amnesty International believes he is a prisoner of conscience, detained solely for peacefully exercising his right to

freedom of expression;

rights to freedom of expression and association.