Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique is a
Cuba
Cuba ( , ), officially the Republic of Cuba ( es, República de Cuba, links=no ), is an island country comprising the island of Cuba, as well as Isla de la Juventud and several minor archipelagos. Cuba is located where the northern Caribbea ...
n independent economist. Ramos Lauzerique and
Marta Beatriz Roque
Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello (born May 16, 1945) is a Cuban political dissident. She is an economist by training, and the founder as well as director of the Cuban Institute of Independent Economists. Agence France-Presse described her in 2007 as Cu ...
founded the Instituto de Economía.
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The group of economists has exposed how the communist government uses false statistics when reporting to the people and to international organizations.
He was imprisoned during the
Black Spring in 2003 and
Amnesty International
Amnesty International (also referred to as Amnesty or AI) is an international non-governmental organization focused on human rights, with its headquarters in the United Kingdom. The organization says it has more than ten million members and sup ...
recognized him as a
prisoner of conscience.
In August 2005 political prisoners
Adolfo Fernández Sainz
Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz (born in 1947) is a Cuban journalist. Before his imprisonment, he was an independent journalist with the Patria news agency. Adolfo Fernández Sainz also contributed to foreign publications, particularly in Sweden. He ...
and
Alfredo Domínguez Batista
Alfredo Domínguez Batista (born November 15, 1961) is a Cuban dissident. Amnesty International has declared him as a prisoner of conscience.
He is a member of the Christian Liberation Movement and was involved in the Varela project
The Varela ...
went on a hunger strike after Ramos was beaten by guards.
Ramos was freed in November 2010.
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Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Cuba
Cuban economists
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Living people
Year of birth missing (living people)
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