Antonio Ramon Díaz Sánchez (born July 14, 1962) is a

Cuban dissident The Cuban dissident movement is a political movement in Cuba whose aim is to replace the current government with a liberal democracy. According to Human Rights Watch, the Marxist-Leninist Cuban government represses nearly all forms of political ...

. He participated in the gathering of signatures for the

Varela project The Varela Project () is a project that was started in 1998 by Oswaldo Payá of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) and named after Felix Varela, a Cuban religious leader. Many members were imprisoned during the Black Spring in 2003. The Va ...

and was a member of the

Christian Liberation Movement The Christian Liberation Movement ( or simply MCL) is a Cuban dissident party advocating political change in Cuba. MCL was founded in 1987 by a group of secular Catholics belonging to the Parish of Cerro, in Havana. From the movement's founding ...

. Antonio Díaz Sánchez was imprisoned during the 2003 crackdown on dissidents.

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 that it has more than ten million members a ...

declared him a

prisoner of conscience A prisoner of conscience (POC) is anyone imprisoned because of their race, sexual orientation, religion, or political views. The term also refers to those who have been imprisoned or persecuted for the nonviolent expression of their conscienti ...

. His wife, Gisela Sanchez Verdecia, was active in the

Ladies in White Ladies in White () is an opposition movement in Cuba founded in 2003 by wives and other female relatives of jailed dissidents and those who have been made to disappear by the government. The women protest the imprisonments by attending Mass each ...

. In 2010, Díaz Sánchez was exiled to Spain along with nineteen other political prisoners.

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Antonio Ramón "Tony" Díaz Sánchez
- Human Rights First {{DEFAULTSORT:Diaz Sanchez, Antonio 1962 births Amnesty International prisoners of conscience held by Cuba Cuban dissidents Cuban democracy activists Living people Cuban prisoners and detainees Place of birth missing (living people) Black Spring detainees