Amnesty International believes that Roberto Gonzalez Tibanear is a prisoner of conscience, detained for the non-violent exercise of his right to freedom of expression, and is calling on the Cuban Government to release him immediately and unconditionally. It is also calling on the Swedish Government, who returned him to Cuba in March 1996 following rejection of his asylum claim, to engage in efforts to secure his release. Amnesty International believes that the decision to return him to Cuba breached the principle of non refoulement.
