Arturo Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez
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Arturo Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez is a Cuba
n dissident and has been declared as a prisoner of conscience
by Amnesty International
.
He was president of the human rights
organization Frente Escambray and activist supporter of the Varela project
. He was a member of the Democratic Action Movement, National Action Party and the Independent Democratic Front.
He was imprisoned during the Black Spring
in 2003 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. At the time of his arrest he was president of the Escambray Human Rights Front.
Cuba
The Republic of Cuba is an island nation in the Caribbean. The nation of Cuba consists of the main island of Cuba, the Isla de la Juventud, and several archipelagos. Havana is the largest city in Cuba and the country's capital. Santiago de Cuba is the second largest city...
n dissident and has been declared as a prisoner of conscience
Prisoner of conscience
Prisoner of conscience is a term defined in Peter Benenson's 1961 article "The Forgotten Prisoners" often used by the human rights group Amnesty International. It can refer to anyone imprisoned because of their race, religion, or political views...
by Amnesty International
Amnesty International
Amnesty International is an international non-governmental organisation whose stated mission is "to conduct research and generate action to prevent and end grave abuses of human rights, and to demand justice for those whose rights have been violated."Following a publication of Peter Benenson's...
.
He was president of the human rights
Human rights
Human rights are "commonly understood as inalienable fundamental rights to which a person is inherently entitled simply because she or he is a human being." Human rights are thus conceived as universal and egalitarian . These rights may exist as natural rights or as legal rights, in both national...
organization Frente Escambray and activist supporter of the Varela project
Varela Project
The Varela Project is a project that was started in 1998 by Oswaldo Payá of the Christian Liberation Movement and named after Felix Varela, a Cuban religious leader...
. He was a member of the Democratic Action Movement, National Action Party and the Independent Democratic Front.
He was imprisoned during the Black Spring
Black Spring (Cuba)
Black Spring refers to the 2003 crackdown on Cuban dissidents. The government imprisoned 75 dissidents, that included 29 journalists, as well as librarians, human rights activists, and democracy activists, on the basis that they were acting as agents of the United States by accepting aid from...
in 2003 and sentenced to 20 years in prison. At the time of his arrest he was president of the Escambray Human Rights Front.