Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona

Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona is a Cuban geographer and journalist who was imprisoned on March 18, 2003 and sentenced to 26 years in prison, according to the Committee to Protect Journalists.^[1] Carmona ended a 25 hunger strike on October 4, 2005 when he was removed from the prison and placed in a hospital in critical condition.^[2]

He was a journalist for the independent news agency Unión de Periodistas y Escritores Cubanos Independientes and directed a local independent library belonging to Varela project.^[1]

References

^ ^a ^b María Salazar (March 3, 2008). "The Imprisoned". The Committee to Protect Journalists. http://cpj.org/reports/2008/03/prison-caps.php.
^ "Raúl Rivero gives support to Arroyo, who ends hunger strike". Reporters Without Borders. 2005-10-05. http://www.rsf.org/Raul-Rivero-gives-support-to.html. Retrieved 2009-11-06.

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