(EFE).- Cubalex reported this Wednesday that so far it has documented 26 incidents of repression during the elections for delegates of the municipal assemblies last Sunday.
According to the organization, these events occurred in at least seven provinces of the island, being Havana, with 12, the region that concentrated the greatest number.
The organization points out that, according to the data collected, “the Cuban authorities continue to use the criminal investigation procedures, provided for by law, as a repressive instrument.”
Likewise, Cubalex registered “13 incidents of harassment” with 34 victims, of which 20 were women and 14 were men.
Among the actions detected by the group is the obstruction of “political participation, arbitrary arrests, surveillance operations and selective internet cuts.”
Among the actions detected by the group is the obstruction of “political participation, arbitrary arrests, surveillance operations and selective internet cuts.”
According to the organization, the objective was mainly focused on preventing activists from being able to act as observers during election day.
He also added that the relatives of the demonstrators imprisoned for their participation in 9/11 “were threatened with the transfer of their children to remote prisons and with harming them in court if they made publications contrary to the elections.”
Last Sunday, Cuba held the municipal elections in which the highest percentage of abstentions was registered since 1959.
Preliminary data from the National Electoral Council (CEN) released on Monday show that 31.42% of the census did not go to the polls. This is a particularly high figure on the Island, which is used to participations above 85%.
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