List of Imprisoned Cuban Journalists

Cuba: 22 Imprisoned Journalists

Pedro Argüelles Morán, Cooperativa Avileña de Periodistas Independientes

Imprisoned: March 18, 2003

Victor Rolando Arroyo Carmona, Unión de Periodistas y Escritores de Cuba Independientes

Imprisoned: March 18, 2003

Miguel Galván Gutiérrez, Havana Press

Imprisoned: March 18, 2003

Julio César Gálvez Rodríguez, freelance

Imprisoned: March 18, 2003

José Luis García Paneque, Libertad

Imprisoned: March 18, 2003

Ricardo González Alfonso, freelance

Imprisoned: March 18, 2003

Léster Luis González Pentón, freelance

Imprisoned: March 18, 2003

Iván Hernández Carrillo, Patria

Imprisoned: March 18, 2003

Alfredo Pulido López, El Mayor

Imprisoned: March 18, 2003

Omar Rodríguez Saludes, Nueva Prensa Cubana

Imprisoned: March 18, 2003

Mijaíl Barzaga Lugo, Agencia Noticiosa Cubana

Imprisoned: March 19, 2003

Adolfo Fernández Saínz, Patria

Imprisoned: March 19, 2003

Alfredo Felipe Fuentes, freelance

Imprisoned: March 19, 2003

Normando Hernández González, Colegio de Periodistas Independientes de Camagüey

Imprisoned: March 19, 2003

Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, Agencia de Prensa Libre Oriental

Imprisoned: March 19, 2003

José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández, Grupo de Trabajo Decoro

Imprisoned: March 19, 2003

Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, Grupo de Trabajo Decoro

Imprisoned: March 19, 2003

Pablo Pacheco Ávila, Cooperativa Avileña de Periodistas Independientes

Imprisoned: March 19, 2003

Fabio Prieto Llorente, freelance

Imprisoned: March 19, 2003

Omar Ruiz Hernández, Grupo de Trabajo Decoro

Imprisoned: March 19, 2003

Oscar Sánchez Madan, freelance

Imprisoned: April 13, 2007

Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, Havana Press

Imprisoned: April 18, 2009

Source: http://www.cpj.org/imprisoned/2009.php

Geneva Declaration of “Eternal Vigilance”

DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS VICTIMS

FROM GENEVA SUMMIT FOR HUMAN RIGHT, TOLERANCE AND DEMOCRACY

Declaration of “Eternal Vigilance”

19 April 2009, Geneva

Having assembled at the Geneva Summit for Human Rights, Tolerance and Democracy, and on the proposal by the Venezuelan NGOs represented at the Summit, it was decided to create a forum and platform for “Eternal Vigilance” that is integrated by all NGOs, human rights defenders, human rights protection institutions, former and present victims of discrimination on the basis of opinion, political persecution, prisoners and prisoners of conscience, to fulfill the objectives listed below.

This proposal was supported by the representatives of Zimbabwe, China, Cuba, Iran, Burma, Belarus, Sudan (Darfur), Venezuela and Egypt, taking into account that in those countries the governments do not respect human rights; have proved to be intolerant in several ways against dissidents; and in fact have arrested, sentenced, and imprisoned activists that work towards freedom and democracy.

We call on these governments to release all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience as defined by Amnesty International, the Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights of the United Nations, and regional human rights organizations, and commit to work to resolve the critical human rights situations in their respective countries.

We call on the democratic governments to develop a systematic effort to improve human rights in countries where there is a critical human rights situation.

We hereby launch the campaign “Freedom for All.” This campaign consists in raising awareness in consciousness of the plight of all political prisoners in the world currently serving unjust prison sentences for defending human rights in some manner. We establish a map of liberation, which demonstrates which countries have and do not have political prisoners.

We invite all who wish to join to make this their struggle and cause for freedom. We ask for support for all those struggling for human rights and freedom around the world. We call on political, religious and student leaders, intellectuals, artists, and everyone, to struggle for the life and liberty of all political prisoners and prisoners of conscience.

We call on members of the UN General Assembly to take into account and question candidates for membership on the United Nations Human Rights Council and vote against candidates that are systematic human rights violators, to avoid having the council undermined.