Farinas approached the secret police agents stationed in front of his house to ask about the arrest of various activists.
Castro's agents became agitated by Farinas's peaceful inquiry and arrested him, as well as his colleagues, Jorge Luis Artiles Montiel, Jose Lino Asencio Lopez and Jesus Aristides Hernandez Perez.
Farninas is the 2010 recipient of the European Parliament's Sakharov Award for Freedom of Thought.
