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 was correspondent of the Russian human rights news agency
Prima since 2001.
Adolfo Fernández Sainz was arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison during the
Black Spring crackdown on dissidents in 2003.
In prison, he has done hunger strikes. A 2003 hunger strike demanded decent food and medicine for seriously ill prisoners.
has recognized him as a
prisoner of conscience.
''The Freedom for Fernandez International Committee'' has demanded Adolfo Fernández Sainz to be released.
Adolfo Fernández Sainz was the prisoner of the month of the
English PEN
Founded in 1921, English PEN is one of the world's first non-governmental organisations and among the first international bodies advocating for human rights. English PEN was the founding centre of PEN International, a worldwide writers' associati ...
in March 2006.
Fernández Sainz was released from prison on 19 August 2010. The next day he had to travel to Spain to live there. His release from prison was based on direct negotiation between deputies of the Catholic Church and the Spanish government.
References
External links
Adolfo Fernández Saínz - English PEN
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1947 births
Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Cuba
Cuban journalists
Male journalists
Cuban dissidents
Living people
Cuban prisoners and detainees
Cuban exiles
Cuban emigrants to Spain