Democratic Spaces honors the life and courageous activism of Saylí Navarro Álvarez, a Cuban prisoner of conscience and pro-democracy leader who is suffering from health problems without adequate medical care at La Bellotex women’s prison in Matanzas. Saylí Navarro Álvarez, a prisoner of conscience, member of the Ladies in White, independent journalist and activist with the Pedro Luis Boitel Party for Democracy, embodies courage, dignity, and an unwavering commitment to the ideal of a peaceful struggle for democracy in Cuba, paying an extraordinarily high human price in the process.

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