What is Darsi Ferrer Ramírez?
[[File:DarsiFerrer.jpg|thumb|right|150px|'''Darsi Ferrer Ramírez''']] '''Darsi Ferrer Ramírez''' (2 November 1969 &ndash; 6 October 2017), was a Cuban doctor, journalist, director of Juan Bruno Zayas Health and Human Rights Center, and a [[Cuban dissidents|dissident]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1162185.html|title=Jailed dissident doctor to be charged|publisher=Miami Herald}}</ref> He put in jail by President [[Fidel Castro]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.rsf.org/Doctor-and-journalist-arrested-and.html |title=Doctor and journalist arrested and taken to Havana jail |publisher=Reporters Without Borders |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090730031140/http://www.rsf.org/Doctor-and-journalist-arrested-and.html |archive-date=2009-07-30 }}</ref> He organized protests at the [[UNESCO]] headquarters in [[Havana]] and published about poverty in Cuba. He was arrested and went on a hunger strike.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/1447/story/1160704.html|title=Dissident doctor on hunger strike|publisher=Miami Herald}}</ref> Ferrer was facing up to 8 years in prison.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.miamiherald.com/1321/story/1161757.html|title=Temen una dura condena para opositor}}</ref> He was released on 22 June 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://realcubablog.com/post/2010/06/22/Breaking-News-Dr-Darsi-Ferrer-has-been-released.aspx |title=Real Cuba Blog, Dr. Darsi Ferrer has been released |access-date=2017-10-07 |archive-date=2010-06-27 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627084612/http://www.realcubablog.com/post/2010/06/22/Breaking-News-Dr-Darsi-Ferrer-has-been-released.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> Ramírez in [[Havana]] on 6 October 2017 at the age of 47. ==References== {{reflist}} {{bio-stub}} {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferrer Ramirez, Darsi}} [[Category:1969 births]] [[Category:2017 deaths]] [[Category:Physicians]] [[Category:Journalists]] [[Category:Writers from Havana]]