Omar Pernet Hernández is a Cuban librarian, human rights activist, and a former political prisoner.
Omar Pernet Hernández | |
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| Known for | Cuban dissident, human rights activist |
He was imprisoned during the Black Spring in 2003 and released to exile in Spain in 2008.[1][2] Amnesty International considered him a prisoner of conscience.[3]
References
edit- ^ "Síntesis biográfica de Omar Pernet Hernández".
- ^ "Cuba: Three journalists released". Archived from the original on 2011-06-13. Retrieved 2009-04-09.
- ^ "Cuba: One year too many: prisoners of conscience from the March 2003 crackdown". Amnesty International. 2012. Retrieved 22 January 2012.
External links
edit- Ex-Cuban prisoner of conscience Omar Pernet Hernandez describes torture Archived 2011-07-21 at the Wayback Machine (video in Spanish)