Christian Ricardo Fernandez Izaguirre was arbitrarily detained by state authorities upon leaving the headquarters of opposition movement Ladies in White, who silently protest imprisonments by attending Sunday Mass in white garments.
The Cuban government has forcibly prevented members of the Ladies in White from attending church services and other religious activities, placing them in custody and often dropping them off in remote locations to find their own way home.
Mr Izaguirre documented a number of cases of religious persecution towards Christian groups in the region, including The Apostolic Movement, a network of charismatic protestant churches to which Ricardo is a member and which the government has refused to register.
Upon his release, Fernandez Izaguirre told freedom charity Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW): “The experience has given me the opportunity to know a reality that I had no idea about. Many times I had to stand between the prisoners and police as the guards would often beat the prisoners and I refused to let this happen. Many were there due to unjust circumstances and because of arbitrary laws.”
His detention took place against a backdrop of increasing violations of freedom of religion or belief in Cuba.
Mr Fernandez Izaguirre described the circumstances under which he was detained on Friday 21 July, he said: “They kept me handcuffed all day…
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