The Declaration of El Roque

Tuesday, June 7, 2011

The Declaration of El Roque

12 former Cuban prisoners of conscience from the 2003 Black Cuban Spring
met on Saturday, June 4, 2011 and petitioned the Cuban regime for an
independent investigation into the May 8, 2011 death of Juan Wilfredo
Soto Garcia.

El Roque, Perico, Matanzas, Saturday June 4, 2011

Petition to the Cuban government

Given the high centralization of power and decisions that exist in our
country, we hold responsible the Cuban president and Army General Raul
Castro Ruz, in fulfillment of the three following aspects that are
reported below:

1 That an International Multidisciplinary Team be immediately allowed to
exhume and examine the corpse of the peaceful activist Juan Wilfredo
Soto Garcia and impartially rule on the actual causes of death.

2 To prevent the imminent death of the peaceful activist and Andrei
Sakharov prize winner, Guillermo Fariñas Hernández, as a result of the
hunger strike that he is carrying out.

3 With the cessation of repression, beatings, acts of repudiation and
other cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment against peaceful
pro-democratic activists and Cuban society.

Awaiting for a proper response according to the present circumstances,
the undersigned endorse this DOCUMENT

Pedro Argüelles Morán

Eduardo Díaz Fleitas

Iván Hernández Carrillo

Librado Linares García

Angel J. Moya Acosta

Guido Sigler Amaya

Oscar Elías Biscet González

Diosdado González Marrero

Arnaldo Ramos Lauzerique

Hector M. Maceda Gutiérrez

Félix Navarro Rodríguez

José Daniel Ferrer García

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