Yoeni de Jesús Guerra García

Yoeni de Jesús Guerra García is an independent Cuban journalist and human-rights activist who was arrested in October 2013 and sentenced to seven years in prison on March 13, 2014. He also belongs to the Council of Cuban Human Rights Rapporteurs and the Círculos Democráticos Municipalistas. He lives in Arroyo Blanco, Jatibonico, Sancti Spíritus.

As of March 2014, he was 36 years old.

Imprisonment and torture Guerra García was arrested at his home in October 2013 “in a violent and arbitrary way.”

On the night of November 16, guards in the Sancti Spíritus reportedly forced Guerra Garcia to stand with his arms tied above his head to the bars of his cell. He was then severely beaten by political police agents and guards, causing injuries to his head, back, and arms that necessitated his transfer to the prison infirmary.

In a May 7, 2015, letter to French President Francois Hollande, who was about to visit Cuba, Reporters Without Borders called on him to “seek the immediate and unconditional release” of Guerra Garcia as well as of two other Cuban inmates, José Antonio Torres (Cuban journalist) and Angell Santiesteban-Prats.