Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona
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Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona is a Cuba
n geographer and journalist who was imprisoned on March 18, 2003 and sentenced to 26 years in prison, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists
. Carmona ended a 25 hunger strike on October 4, 2005 when he was removed from the prison and placed in a hospital in critical condition.
He was a journalist for the independent news agency Unión de Periodistas y Escritores Cubanos Independientes and directed a local independent library belonging to Varela project
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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 geographer and journalist who was imprisoned on March 18, 2003 and sentenced to 26 years in prison, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists
Committee to Protect Journalists
The Committee to Protect Journalists is an independent nonprofit organisation based in New York City that promotes press freedom and defends the rights of journalists.-History:A group of U.S...
. Carmona ended a 25 hunger strike on October 4, 2005 when he was removed from the prison and placed in a hospital in critical condition.
He was a journalist for the independent news agency Unión de Periodistas y Escritores Cubanos Independientes and directed a local independent library belonging to 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...
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