Three Cuban dissidents, jailed in a 2003 crackdown and imprisoned until their exile last year to Spain, have brought their story to United States lawmakers.
The three were sponsored by European Union politicians who hope to build a trans-Atlantic coalition to increase international pressure on Cuba.
The prisoners are: an independent journalist, Normando Hernández González; Regis Iglesias Ramírez of the Varela Project and former Nueva Prensa Cubana Director, José Luís García Paneque.
All three were arrested by Cuban authorities as part of Fidel Castro’s crackdown on dozens of dissidents and activists in what became known as the “Black Spring” of 2003.
