Dissident Leader Ferrer Arrested In Cuba: Supporter
Umer Jamshaid Published February 27, 2021 | 12:40 PM
Leading Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer was arrested on Friday at his home in Santiago de Cuba, one of his supporters said
Havana, (APP - UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 27th Feb, 2021 ) :Leading Cuban dissident Jose Daniel Ferrer was arrested on Friday at his home in Santiago de Cuba, one of his supporters said.
"They arbitrarily detained Jose Daniel Ferrer, leader of Unpacu, and until now he is missing," Zaqueo Baez, deputy national coordinator of the group, told AFP by telephone, referring to the banned opposition organisation the Patriotic Union of Cuba.
Ferrer, one of the most recognizable dissidents who has chosen to stay in Cuba rather than go into exile, had been under house arrest.
He was jailed in 2003 after leading calls for democratic political reforms.
After being released in 2011 following pressure from the Roman Catholic Church, he formed Unpacu.
An activist said police had entered Ferrer's house, the organisation's national headquarters, on Friday and taken him out through the back door of the house.
Ferrer had painted the phrase "Patria y Vida" ("Fatherland and Life") on the facade, the title of a protest song by Cuban rappers denouncing the communist government.
Ferrer and three other members of his organization were imprisoned from March 2019 to April 2020 but their sentences were commuted to between four and five years of house arrest.
Related Topics
Recent Stories
HEC reviews curricula for environmental sciences degree programme
ICC Asia looking forward to an action-packed Asia Cricket Week
Yuvraj Singh named ICC Men’s T20 World Cup 2024 Ambassador
Greece hands Olympic flame to 2024 Paris Games hosts
Two Kyiv hospitals evacuating over feared Russian strikes
World must act on neurotech revolution, say experts
Charles & Catherine's cancer diagnoses
Champions Alcaraz and Sabalenka through in Madrid Open
King Charles to resume some public duties during cancer treatment: palace
US defense chief announces $6 bn in security aid for Ukraine
Heavy rains cause damage to Spezand-Taftan railway track
Woman stabbed in Israel, attacker killed: police
More Stories From World
-
6,000 French police to welcome Olympic torch amid bonus boost
5 minutes ago -
Taiwan hit by several quakes, strongest reaching 6.1-magnitude
25 minutes ago -
'Ballistic' Bairstow stars as Punjab pull off record T20 chase
25 minutes ago -
Tennis: ATP/WTA Madrid Open results - 2nd update
25 minutes ago -
Junta-led Burkina Faso suspends BBC, Voice of America for two weeks
1 hour ago -
Two Kyiv hospitals evacuating over feared Russian strikes
2 hours ago
-
World must act on neurotech revolution, say experts
2 hours ago -
Charles & Catherine's cancer diagnoses
2 hours ago -
King Charles to resume some public duties during cancer treatment: palace
2 hours ago -
US defense chief announces $6 bn in security aid for Ukraine
2 hours ago -
Woman stabbed in Israel, attacker killed: police
2 hours ago -
Israeli-fired unexploded bombs could take 14 years to clear: UN
2 hours ago