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