[1] Adolfo Fernández Sainz was arrested and sentenced to 15 years in prison during the Black Spring crackdown on dissidents in 2003.
A 2003 hunger strike demanded decent food and medicine for seriously ill prisoners.
[3] The Freedom for Fernandez International Committee has demanded Adolfo Fernández Sainz to be released.
[4] Adolfo Fernández Sainz was the prisoner of the month of the English PEN in March 2006.
His release from prison was based on direct negotiation between deputies of the Catholic Church and the Spanish government.