Blas Giraldo Reyes Rodríguez

Cuban dissident
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Quick Facts

IntroCuban dissident
PlacesCuba
isLibrarian Politician
Work fieldPolitics
Gender
Male
Birth7 August 1955
Age69 years
The details

Biography

Blas Giraldo Reyes Rodríguez (born August 7, 1955) is a Cuban librarian and a member of Varela project. He was imprisoned in 2003 during a crackdown on dissidents and sentenced to 25 years in prison. Amnesty International has declared him as a prisoner of conscience.
His wife, Isel Acosta, is a member of Ladies in White. Isel Acosta has been assaulted by mobs: "banging on windows and doors, shouting insults and making threats against her life. The Cuban government has organized mob assaults against its critics in the past, and there are indications of official involvement in this incident, as well".

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