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Amnesty International calls for Sayli Navarro's release, naming her a prisoner of conscience
The organisation posted an appeal on 2 November for the activist, a co-founder of the Ladies in White, as part of its #CubaSinRepresión campaign, according to Infobae. The text gives no detail of the case against her or her sentence.
Amnesty International called for the release of Sayli Navarro Álvarez, describing her as a prisoner of conscience and an activist linked to the Ladies in White movement. The appeal was posted on 2 November on the social media accounts of Amnesty International Americas, as part of the campaign using the hashtag #CubaSinRepresión, according to Infobae.
The post presented Navarro Álvarez as a co-founder of the Ladies in White, the group made up of mothers, wives and daughters of some of the 75 opposition figures, independent journalists and activists detained in March 2003 in the wave of repression known as the Black Spring. The group adopted white as its emblem and silent marches after Mass as its form of protest.
Amnesty International uses the category of prisoner of conscience for people deprived of liberty because of their beliefs, identity or other expressions of conscience, provided they have neither promoted nor used violence.
The message did not specify the case against her, her place of detention, the sentence imposed or the date of her arrest, nor whether there is a final conviction or pending appeals, and it included no response from the Cuban authorities. Infobae notes that the absence of those details limits any reconstruction of the activist's current case file.
Sources: Infobae · Serie Yamacoa: Presos políticos en Cuba (Prisoners Defenders)
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