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(EFE) .- The Office of the Special Rapporteur for the Freedom of Expression of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed Tuesday its "grave concern" about the punishment of year-old prison pronounced in May by a Cuban court In a statement, the Office of the Special Rapporteur considered that the "criminalization" of Cuban academics, journalists, artists and activists was "ramping up" in Cuba
. the Cuban opposition Eduardo Cardet, who replaced the late Oswaldo Payá at the head of the Christian Liberation Movement and serving a three-year sentence
.The Commission cited in this regard the case of the opponent Cuban Eduardo Cardet. Oswaldo Payá at the head of the Christian Liberation Movement and serving a three-year sentence imposed in March for criticizing the deceased Fidel in public Castro (1926-2016)
Ruiz Urquiola, 44, was sentenced on 8 May to one year in prison for "contempt of authority" when it was disputed on May 3 with two members of the body of state guards. who has applied for legal permits to operate on the farm that he has in usufruct since 2015 in the valley of Viñales, a natural area of Pinar del Río where he develops an environmental project.
Ruiz Urquiola said the sentence was "unfair" and "arbitrary" and in response he went on hunger strike and thirst for 16 days, which led to his hospitalization.
On July 3, the biologist and activist was able to return home to Havana. be released for health reasons by means of an "extra-criminal authorization", legal personality that does not cancel the convictions handed down.
Ruiz Urquiola was fired in 2016 from the University of Havana where he was working as a researcher after accusing him of several absences. Ruiz Urquiola was fired in 2016 from the University of Havana, where he was working as a researcher, after blaming him for repeated and unmotivated work absences, a motive that the activist rejects at the same time as He considers that in his dismissal there was "misuse of
He was declared" prisoner of conscience "on June 12 by Amnesty International (AI), who requested his release, as well as the authorities of the Cuban Catholic Church, the Government of the United States and the Secretary General of the Organization of American States (OAS), Luis Almagro
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