The 75 imprisoned in March 2003.
News items on the "Primavera Negra"
More news on the journalists amongst the 75.
On March 18 2003 Castro moved against dissidents in Cuba while the world watched the invasion in Iraq. The Cuban regime arrested 75 dissidents and used the repressive laws it has in place to condemn them to long prison sentences.
Note that the news items listed are based on a search of the Cubaverdad Blog and are therefore not complete. For more information please search the Internet.
List of 75 human rights activists imprisoned in March 2003
| Name | Sentence to | Released | Recent |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Aguiar Ramírez | 13 years | News | |
| Osvaldo Alfonso Valdés | 18 years | 30/11/2004 | News |
| Pedro Pablo Alvarez Ramos | 25 years | News | |
| Pedro Argüelles Morán | 20 years | News | |
| Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona | 26 years | News | |
| Mijail Bárzaga Lugo | 15 years | News | |
| Margarito Broche Espinosa | 25 years | 29/11/2004 | News |
| Marcelo Cano Rodriguéz | 18 years | News | |
| Roberto de Miranda | 20 years | 23/06/2004 | News |
| Carmelo Díaz Fernández | 15 years | 18/06/2004 | News |
| Eduardo Díaz Fleitas | 21 years | News | |
| Antonio Díaz Sánchez | 20 years | News | |
| Alfredo Domínguez Batista | 14 years | News | |
| Oscar Espinosa Chepe | 20 years | 29/11/2004 | News |
| Alfredo Felipe Fuentes | 26 years | News | |
| Efrén Fernandéz Fernandéz | 12 years | News | |
| Adolfo Fernández Saínz | 15 years | News | |
| José Daniel Ferrer García | 25 years | News | |
| Luis Enrique Ferrer García | 28 years | News | |
| Orlando Fundora Alvarez | 18 years | 18/06/2004 | News |
| Próspero Gaínza Agüero | 25 years | News | |
| Miguel Galván Gutiérrez | 26 years | News | |
| Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez | 15 years | News | |
| Edel José García Díaz | 15 years | 06/12/2004 | News |
| José Luis García Paneque | 24 years | News | |
| Ricardo González Alfonso | 20 years | News | |
| Diosdado González Marrero | 20 years | News | |
| Léster González Pentón | 20 years | News | |
| Alejandro González Raga | 14 years | News | |
| Jorge Luis González Tanquero | 20 years | News | |
| Leonel Grave de Peralta | 20 years | News | |
| Iván Hernández Carrillo | 25 years | News | |
| Normando Hernández González | 25 years | News | |
| Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta | 20 years | News | |
| Regis Iglesias Ramírez | 18 years | News | |
| José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernandez | 16 years | News | |
| Reinaldo Labrada Pena | 6 years | News | |
| Librado Linares García | 20 years | News | |
| Marcelo López Banobre | 15 years | 29/11/2004 | News |
| José Miguel Martínez Hernández | 13 years | News | |
| Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez | 20 years | News | |
| Mario Enrique Mayo Hernández | 20 years | News | |
| Luis Milán Fernández | 13 years | News | |
| Nelson Molinet Espino | 20 years | News | |
| Angel Moya Acosta | 20 years | News | |
| Jesús Mustafá Felipe | 25 years | News | |
| Felix Navarro Rodríguez | 25 years | News | |
| Jorge Oliveira Castillo | 18 years | 02/12/2004 | News |
| Pablo Pacheco Avila | 20 years | News | |
| Héctor Palacios Ruíz | 25 years | 12/06/2006 | News |
| Arturo Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez | 20 years | News | |
| Omar Pernet Hernández | 25 years | News | |
| Horacio Pina Borrego | 20 years | News | |
| Fabio Prieto Llorente | 20 years | News | |
| Alfredo Pulido López | 14 years | News | |
| José Gabriel Ramón Castillo | 20 years | News | |
| Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique | 18 years | News | |
| Blas Giraldo Reyes Rodríguez | 25 years | News | |
| Raúl Rivero Castaneda | 20 years | 30/11/2004 | News |
| Alexis Rodríguez Fernández | 15 years | News | |
| Omar Rodríguez Saludes | 27 years | News | |
| Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello | 20 years | 22/07/2004 | News |
| Omar Ruiz Hernández | 18 years | News | |
| Claro Sanchéz Altarriba | 18 years | News | |
| Ariel Sigler Amaya | 20 years | News | |
| Guido Sigler Amaya | 20 years | News | |
| Ricardo Enrique Silva Gual | 10 years | News | |
| Fidel Suárez Cruz | 20 years | News | |
| Manuel Ubals González | 20 years | News | |
| Julio Antonio Valdés Guevara | 20 years | 15/04/2004 | News |
| Miguel Valdés Tamayo | 15 years | 09/06/2004 | News |
| Héctor Raúl Valle Hernández | 12 years | News | |
| Manuel Vázquez Portal | 18 years | 23/06/2004 | News |
| Antonio Augusto Villareal Acosta | 15 years | News | |
| Orlando Zapata Tamayo | 18 years | News |