Arrest date: August 4, 1994.

 

Case: 37/94. (Lancha Baragu)

 

Sentence: 25 years

 

Prison: 51/2 . Pinar del R o

 

Alledged crime: Piracy

 

Family: Gladis Farra (mother)

 

Address: Calle 130 # 5712 e/ 57 y 59. Marianao. Ciudad
Habana.

 

Review: Garca Farah is one of the many young Cubans whose
aspirations and freedom have been practically imposible to attain due to the
communist government. Garc a Farah was arrested for trying to leave his country
and was tried by the Popular Tribunal in Havana.

 

When Pope John Paul II visited Cuba in 1998, he presented the Cuban
government with a list of political prisoners and asked for clemency on their
behalf. Garca Farah was included in the list and denounced the manner in which
the cuban authorities had handled the Popes petition and was placed in solitary
confinement. 

 

In his letters, Garc a Farah has told of the numerous abuses carried out by
the prison authorities on his person and other political
prisoners.

Review authored by Proyecto Rostros del Presidio using
diverse sources