Commending the actions of Cuban democracy and human rights activist Jos Daniel Ferrer Garca and the pro-democracy and human rights group, the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), to uphold fundamental freedoms in Cuba and condemning Cubas brutal authoritarian Communist regime.

Commending the actions of Cuban democracy and human rights activist Jos Daniel Ferrer Garca and the pro-democracy and human rights group, the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), to uphold fundamental freedoms in Cuba and condemning Cubas brutal authoritarian Communist regime. Whereas Jos Daniel Ferrer Garca is a Cuban democracy and human rights activist who has worked tirelessly to ensure fundamental freedoms for the Cuban people; Whereas Jos Daniel Ferrer Garca was born in Cuba on July 29, 1970, in Santiago de Cuba and has spent most of his adult life fighting for Cubans to have a voice in the matters of their own country and against Cubas brutal authoritarian Communist dictatorship; Whereas Cubas authoritarian Communist regime retaliated against Jos Daniel Ferrer Garca over decades by repeatedly imprisoning, beating, and torturing him and constantly threatening and harassing his family and members of the pro-democracy and human rights group that he founded, the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU); Whereas, in March 2021, Cubas brutal authoritarian Communist regime committed the latest human rights violation against Jos Daniel Ferrer Garca and members of UNPACU, as Cuban security forces harassed them, kept them from meeting, and blocked their attempts to distribute aid, food, and medical care to fellow desperate residents of Santiago de Cuba; Whereas, on March 20, 2021, Jos Daniel Ferrer Garca and other courageous members of UNPACU began a hunger strike to protest the constant harassment, human rights violations, and the police siege of the headquarters of UNPACU in Santiago de Cuba; Whereas the hunger strike underscored the importance of defending the right of the members of UNPACU to deliver food and medication to a group of approximately 250 residents of Santiago de Cuba as the need for aid, food, medicine, and basic necessities has risen during the global pandemic; and Whereas, on April 10, 2021, Jos Daniel Ferrer Garca and several activists from UNPACU ended the hunger strike after 21 days after Cuban security forces lifted the police siege on the headquarters of UNPACU in Santiago de Cuba: Now, therefore, be it That the Senate (1) commends the actions of Jos Daniel Ferrer Garca and his unyielding resolve to advance democracy and defend freedoms and human rights for the Cuban people; (2) honors the vital contribution and humanitarian efforts of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) and all of its members for their tireless work to defend fundamental freedoms and human rights in Cuba; (3) condemns the repression of Jos Daniel Ferrer Garca and other brave Cuban activists; (4) condemns Cubas brutal authoritarian Communist dictatorship and demands an end to the suffering of the Cuban people and the impunity of the regime's human rights abusers, including Miguel Daz-Canel and Ral Castro; (5) calls for the international community to stand with the Cuban people and against Cubas authoritarian Communist regime for infringing on the freedom of thought, expression, assembly, association, and prosperity of the Cuban people; and (6) commends the courage of the pro-democracy movement and activists in Cuba for risking everything to bring freedom to the Cuban people.

Summary: This resolution commends the actions of Cuban democracy and human rights activist Jos&eacute; Daniel Ferrer Garc&iacute;a, and it honors the humanitarian efforts of the Patriotic Union of Cuba for its work to defend fundamental freedoms and human rights in Cuba. Further, it condemns Cuba's communist dictatorship and the repression of Cuban activists, and it calls for the international community to stand with the Cuban people against the communist regime.