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José Daniel Ferrer, Fernando González Vaillant, José Pupo Chaveco, & Roilán Zárraga Ferrer, Imprisoned on Invented Charges

José Daniel Ferrer is a prominent Cuban dissident, founder of the umbrella organization The Patriotic Union of Cuba (Unidad Patriótica de Cuba, or “UNPACU”), who has often suffered brutal treatment by the Communist regime. He was detained along with three other UNPACU members in Santiago de Cuba on October 1, 2019 on trumped-up charges of assault and kidnapping. While in prison for six months (until April 3), he suffered torture and neglect in solitary confinement, and was never allowed more than 5 minutes’ visit with family. 
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Ferrer and his colleagues were brought to trial in Santiago de Cuba on charges of assault and kidnapping on February 26, 2020, and after all their petitions for writ of habeas corpus and appeals were denied. GLA tasked counsel to work with Ferrer and other advisors in Cuba, and the GLA legal team prepared the four dissidents’ habeas corpus petitions in fall 2019. GLA also applied for precautionary measures with the Organization of American States's Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, which were granted to three of the four men on February 13, 2020. 

At the conclusion of the trial, the prosecutors confirmed they would seek a sentence of 9 years’ prison in early March. The sentence was indefinitely delayed, and on April 3, 2020, Ferrer and his fellow prisoners were released from prison-- into four years of house arrest.

GLA will continue to fight for justice for these four innocent men.

News and Media:
  • ADN Cuba, Oct. 14, 2020: "UNPACU y Alianza por la Libertad Global piden sanciones para 24 represores cubanos."
  • U.S. Embassy in Cuba, Jun. 12, 2020: "Carta de la Encargada de Negocios Mara Tekach a José Daniel Ferrer."
  • ​CubaNet (YouTube), Apr. 6, 2020: José Daniel Ferrer video message on his prison experience (in Spanish).
  • Business Insider, Jan. 17, 2020, “Cuba wants nine years in prison for leading dissident Ferrer.” 
  • U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo press statement, Oct. 18, 2019: “Detention of Cuban Human Rights Defender José Daniel Ferrer.”
GLA Advocacy:
  • GLA Letter to the U.S. Treasury Department providing information about human rights abusers, Oct. 14, 2020

2020.10.14 - Treasury Dept ... by Global Liberty Alliance

  • Organization of American States, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights press release, Feb. 14, 2020: “CIDH otorga medidas cautelares a favor de Fernando González Vaillant, José Pupo Chaveco y Roilan Zárraga Ferrer en Cuba” (English version of the decision here).
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  • About Us
    • Mission
    • GLA Team >
      • Staff And Advisors >
        • Jason I. Poblete
        • Mauricio J. Tamargo
        • Arthur Freyre
        • Cara Di Silvio
        • Fr. Fernando Hería
        • Abbe Jolles
        • Dr. Tomaž Slivnik
        • Dr. Jane F. Adolphe
      • Board >
        • Terry T. Campo
        • Frank M. Mendez
        • Jason I. Poblete
        • Mauricio J. Tamargo
        • Dr. Stephen M. Thompson
    • Policies >
      • Anti-Slavery & Anti-Human Trafficking
      • Business Conduct & Ethics
  • Working Groups
    • Brazil >
      • Brazil Cuban Medical Mission Files
    • Guatemala >
      • Guatemala Cuban Medical Mission Files
    • Honduras >
      • Honduras Cuban Medical Mission Files
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      • Uruguay Cuban Medical Mission Files
    • Western Sahara
  • Featured Case Work
    • The Cadet Newspaper at VMI
    • Free Yorubas of Cuba, Regularly Attacked for Faith
    • Alina Lopez-Miyares, US Citizen Tried by Cuban Tribunal
    • Jamshid Sharmahd, ​Businessman and Broadcaster Kidnapped into Iran
    • Roberto Quiñones, Jailed for Journalism
    • José Daniel Ferrer and UNPACU Activists
    • Rigal-Expósito Family, Torn Apart for Homeschooling
    • Tejeda-Lescaille Family, Persecuted for Jewish Faith
    • The Whittaker Chambers Farm
    • Past Cases >
      • Apostolic Movement Of Cuba
      • Roberto Bendaña McEwan – INTERPOL Abuse by Nicaragua
      • Nizar Zakka – U.S. Legal Permanent Resident, Hostage in Iran
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