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 félix navarro rodríguez farmer , teacher
félix navarro rodríguez

félix navarro rodríguez -lrb- born c. 1955 -rrb- is a cuban farmer , teacher , and dissident from perico , matanzas province .
on 18 march 2003 , he was arrested as part of the black spring , a general crackdown by the cuban government on pro-democracy groups .
he was sentenced to fifty years in prison at guantánamo , leading amnesty international to name him a prisoner of conscience .
in october 2005 , he joined a hunger strike with other imprisoned dissidents , leading students at florida international university to stage a fast as a show of solidarity .
navarro remained in prison until 2011 .
he and jose daniel ferrer garcia were released on 23 march 2011 as part of an agreement between the cuban government and the catholic church .
they were the last two prisoners of the black spring to be released .
in a statement to reuters , navarro announced his intention to pursue the `` continue the peaceful , not violent struggle '' for democracy .
on 24 july 2012 , he was one of dozens of activists arrested in havana at the funeral of dissident oswaldo payá .
amnesty international and the u.s. criticized the arrests , with the white house describing them as `` a stark demonstration of the climate of repression in cuba . ''
the dissidents were freed the following day .
