Black Spring Annivesary (Cuba)

I know you probably have not heard of the Cuban Black Spring. And while it is neither mundane or pointless, in this board this is probably the best place for this post.

On March 18th, 2003 Cuban authorities rounded up journalists, human right activists, political dissidents, and independent librarians. On April 7th the 75 arrested were convected in a summary tribunal to sentences between 10-28 years. No a single defendant was acquitted.

Human Rights Watch has a summary here .

And here are the names and sentences of the 75:

Nelson Aguiar Ramírez 13 years
Osvaldo Alfonso Valdés 18 years
Pedro Pablo Alvarez Ramos 25 years
Pedro Argüelles Morán 20 years
Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona 26 years
Mijail Bárzaga Lugo 15 years
Margarito Broche Espinosa 25 years
Marcelo Cano Rodriguéz 18 years
Roberto de Miranda 20 years
Carmelo Díaz Fernández 15 years
Eduardo Díaz Fleitas 21 years
Antonio Díaz Sánchez 20 years
Alfredo Domínguez Batista 14 years
Oscar Espinosa Chepe 20 years
Alfredo Felipe Fuentes 26 years
Efrén Fernandéz Fernandéz 12 years
Adolfo Fernández Saínz 15 years
José Daniel Ferrer García 25 years
Luis Enrique Ferrer García 28 years
Orlando Fundora Alvarez 18 years
Próspero Gaínza Agüero 25 years
Miguel Galván Gutiérrez 26 years
Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez 15 years
Edel José García Díaz 15 years
José Luis García Paneque 24 years
Ricardo González Alfonso 20 years
Diosdado González Marrero 20 years
Léster González Pentón 20 years
Alejandro González Raga 14 years
Jorge Luis González Tanquero 20 years
Leonel Grave de Peralta 20 years
Iván Hernández Carrillo 25 years
Normando Hernández González 25 years
Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta 20 years
Regis Iglesias Ramírez 18 years
José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernandez 16 years
Reinaldo Labrada Pena 6 years
Librado Linares García 20 years
Marcelo López Banobre 15 years
José Miguel Martínez Hernández 13 years
Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez 20 years
Mario Enrique Mayo Hernández 20 years
Luis Milán Fernández 13 years
Nelson Molinet Espino 20 years
Angel Moya Acosta 20 years
Jesús Mustafá Felipe 25 years
Felix Navarro Rodríguez 25 years
Jorge Oliveira Castillo 18 years
Pablo Pacheco Avila 20 years
Héctor Palacios Ruíz 25 years
Arturo Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez 20 years
Omar Pernet Hernández 25 years
Horacio Pina Borrego 20 years
Fabio Prieto Llorente 20 years
Alfredo Pulido López 14 years
José Gabriel Ramón Castillo 20 years
Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique 18 years
Blas Giraldo Reyes Rodríguez 25 years
Raúl Rivero Castaneda 20 years
Alexis Rodríguez Fernández 15 years
Omar Rodríguez Saludes 27 years
Martha Beatriz Roque 20 years
Omar Ruiz Hernández 18 years
Claro Sanchéz Altarriba 18 years
Ariel Sigler Amaya 20 years
Guido Sigler Amaya 20 years
Ricardo Enrique Silva Gual 10 years
Fidel Suárez Cruz 20 years
Manuel Ubals González 20 years
Julio Antonio Valdés Guevara 20 years
Miguel Valdés Tamayo 15 years
Héctor Raúl Valle Hernández 12 years
Manuel Vázquez Portal 18 years
Antonio Augusto Villareal Acosta 15 years
Olando Zapata Tamayo 18 years

You’re right, I’d never heard of it. Thanks for posting this.

I do remember it, but thank you for the reminder.