Omar Ruiz Hernández/CPJ Guest Blogger

Omar Ruiz Hernández, a reporter for the Havana-based independent news agency Grupo de Trabajo Decoro in the province of Villa Clara, was arrested when he was 62 during the massive 2003 crackdown on the island’s dissidents and independent press. He shared quarters with 11 prisoners in a small barracks until he was freed in July 2010.

Features & Analysis

The best day of the last 2,684: A Cuban prisoner deported

When I awoke on the morning of July 8, 2010, in the Guamajal Prison in Villa Clara, I couldn’t have imagined that five days later I was going to be landing at Barajas International Airport in Spain, accompanied by five of my comrades.

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