Saylí Navarro
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Saylí Navarro Álvarez (born 11 March 1986) is a Cuban human rights activist. The daughter of dissident Félix Navarro Rodríguez and activist Sonia Álvarez Campillo, she has been imprisoned since 2022 after taking part in the 2021 Cuban protests. Navarro is considered to be a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.
Navarro was born on 11 March 1986 in Cuba. Her father, Félix Navarro Rodríguez, was a farmer who was a noted pro-democracy activist; he was arrested as part of the Black Spring in 2003 and was designated as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International. Navarro's mother, Sonia Álvarez Campillo, became a leading member of the Ladies in White (Spanish: Damas de Blanco), an organisation of female relatives of dissidents arrested during the Black Spring, who campaigned for their release.[1][2]
Activism
Navarro worked as an independent journalist reporting on human rights violations in Cuba. In 2003, following the arrest of her father, Navarro became an active member of the Ladies in White, alongside her mother, taking part in regular marches and protests.[3][4][5] Navarro was a pro-democracy activist, serving as a leader of the Pedro Luis Boitel Democracy Movement, named after the Cuban dissident Pedro Luis Boitel.[6]