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- 1 2 3 "Diosdado González Marrero, Prisoner of the Week, 10/9/06".
- ↑ "The 75 imprisoned in March 2003".
- ↑ "Cuba: One year too many: prisoners of conscience from the March 2003 crackdown". Amnesty International. 16 March 2004.