The Cuban scientist and activist Ariel Ruiz Urquiola won a scholarship at University of Bern, Switzerland, in order to continue the academic studies begun at the University of Havana, but interrupted by the repression of the Cuban regime.
“Dr. Ariel Ruiz Urquiola once again serves as Principal Investigator of the project 'Phylogeographic study on taxa from the Sierra de los Órganos, western Cuba', with the participation of Cuban researchers who formed this initiative of international scientific cooperation between the University of Havana and the Museum of Natural History Berlin - Institute of Evolution of the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, from 2014 to 2016,” said the Academic Freedom Observatory in a note, which declared itself rejoiced by the news.
The publication explains that “Scholars at Risk (SAR) is a very important network in the protection of academics who are victims of discrimination.” and whose research involves significant scientific contributions.
The program has 530 affiliated universities from 42 countries.
“Although SAR contemplates various support variants, this option is particularly competitive. Designed for doctors, it evaluates the significance of the results in the respective fields of research, so the #curricular weight and its #scientific impact are decisive," they stated.
Likewise, they point out this achievement by Ruiz Urquiola as a validation of environmental activism in Cuba.
Ariel's sister, A closet, expressed his satisfaction with his brother's achievement, although He confessed to remembering all the hours of sadness and torture that his family experienced.
“Today is a happy day for my family, but I can't stop crying,” he said in a post where he listed many of the abuses experienced by his brother and his family.
In 2022, Ariel Ruiz Urquiola carried out a hunger and thirst strike before the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) in Geneva, Switzerland, to demand that the right of all Cubans to return to their country be respected.
He deposed her several days later, after a statement from the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR).
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