title: Fidel Suárez Cruz
text: # Fidel Suárez Cruz
  
  Fidel Suárez Cruz is a Cuban farmer from Pinar del Río.
  
  He became an independent librarian and a member of the pro-democracy Party for Human Rights in Cuba. He was arrested during the 2003 crackdown on dissidents and summarily sentenced to jail. Amnesty International recognized him as a prisoner of conscience.
  
  