October 13, 2025– Ontario, Canada. Democratic Spaces, a Canadian rights-based NGO, expresses its solidarity with Cuban pro-democracy leader and four-time prisoner of conscience José Daniel Ferrer, who has arrived in the United States after being forced into exile. After enduring years of brutal imprisonment and persecution, Ferrer’s exile marks the continuation of his lifelong, peaceful struggle for freedom and human dignity. For over three decades, he has embodied moral courage and civic leadership in Cuba’s fight for democracy. On this date—significant in Cuba’s history of independence—Ferrer carries the torch of Céspedes and Martí, reminding the world that Cuba’s destiny must still be freedom.

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