Cuba’s Supreme Court Revokes Parole of José Daniel Ferrer and Félix Navarro Cubanet
MADRID, Spain – Cuba’s Supreme People’s Court revoked the parole of opposition leaders José Daniel Ferrer and Félix Navarro on Tuesday, April 29th, just three months after their release as part of an agreement mediated by the Vatican and the administration of former U.S. President Joe Biden.
According to Reuters, Maricela Sosa, vice president of the island’s highest judicial body, stated that both men violated the conditions set for their release. “In accordance with regulations, the criminal chambers of the provincial people’s courts of Matanzas and Santiago de Cuba revoked the parole of two convicted individuals, from the group of 553, who failed to comply with the law during their probationary period,” the court said in a statement.
The official added that Ferrer and Navarro “publicly incite disorder and disrespect for the authorities on their social media and online, and maintain public ties with the head of the U.S. Embassy.”
News of the revocation emerged shortly after Cuban regime security forces carried out a violent raid on the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), located in the Altamira district of Santiago de Cuba. During the raid, José Daniel Ferrer — who is under precautionary measures granted by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) — was detained along with his wife Nelva Ismarays Ortega, their young son Daniel José Ferrer, and activists Roilán Zárraga Ferrer and Fernando González Vaillant. All of them were taken to an undisclosed location.
For his part, Félix Navarro was arrested during a visit with his wife, Lady in White Sonia Álvarez, to the Matanzas prison where their daughter, Sayli Navarro, is being held.
Both opposition figures had been released this past January after nearly four years in prison, during which, according to complaints from relatives and human rights organizations, they reportedly suffered physical and psychological torture. Their release was part of a group of 553 people freed under what was said to be an agreement linked to the celebration of the Catholic Church’s Ordinary Jubilee of 2025.
Since the beginning of this process, various sectors have warned that those released did not enjoy full freedom, viewing the measure as a recurring strategy by the Cuban government to use political prisoners as bargaining chips.
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