Arturo Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez
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Arturo Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez | |
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Born | 1951 Manicaragua, Villa Clara, Cuba |
Died | 25 January 2017 (aged 66) |
Known for | Cuban dissident |
Spouse(s) | Ada Moraima León Sabina[1] |
Children | Ailén, Claudia |
Arturo Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez (1951 – 25 January 2017) was a Cuban dissident and had been declared as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.[2]
He was president of the human rights organization Frente Escambray and activist supporter of the Varela project.[1][3] He was a member of the Democratic Action Movement, National Action Party and the Independent Democratic Front.[4]
He was imprisoned during the Black Spring in 2003 and sentenced to 20 years in prison.[2] At the time of his arrest he was president of the Escambray Human Rights Front.[1][failed verification]
Pérez de Alejo Rodríguez died on 25 January 2017 in Miami, Florida, U.S. at the age of 66.[5]
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