AREQUIPA, Peru – Gender observatories of the feminist magazine Tense Wings (OGAT) and the Yo Sí Te Creo platform in Cuba closed a Yeniset Alert issued on the occasion of the disappearance of Cuban Lianet Núñez Pérez.
Through a publication on Facebookthe platforms lamented the death of the 20-year-old girl, who “was found dead in Old Havana.” In this regard, they sent condolences to the victim’s family and loved ones.
Núñez Pérez, who lives in the Jesús María neighborhood in Old Havana, was last seen on Thursday, August 22. After her disappearance, independent observatories and several media outlets reported on the incident.
His partner was the last to have news from youaround 9:00 PM last Thursday, via WhatsApp.
“She was presumably in the park located at Monte and Belascoaín, which she frequents to connect to the Internet,” the feminist organization said at the time. Since then, Núñez’s cell phone has been turned off or out of coverage.
Given the alarming increase in disappearances and the growing feeling of insecurity on the Island, the YoSíTeCreo group Cuba spread a series of guidelines for activating alerts for disappearances.
Recommendations include responding with as much information as possible from the files, obtained through contact with the family; avoiding including details about valuable objects such as phones, laptops, jewelry or money that the family has. missing person may carry; publish additional data only if it contributes to the search, otherwise it could endanger the missing person or re-victimize him or her.
It is also emphasized that any individual can activate citizen alerts for disappearances of girls, boys, adolescents and women, using the hashtags #AlertaMayde and #AlertaYeniset respectively.
The Cuban state does not implement any mechanism to make cases of missing persons visible, not even if they are minors, such as the Amber alert used in the United States.
For this reason, the independent platform YoSíTeCreo in Cuba and civil society on the Island created two citizen alerts: Yeniset Alert for disappearances of women and Mayde Alert for missing children.
