The independent feminist collective Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba lamented this Wednesday a new femicide on the island and once again called for “effective mechanisms to prevent gender violence.”
In the absence of official statistics on sexist murders, the platform posted on Twitter that the case “is under police investigation, but the disappearance and characteristics of the attacks indicate femicide.”
This is the 36-year-old Yailanis Pérez whose family reported her disappearance on January 28 in the province of Matanzas. The young woman’s body was found two days later, indicated the activists who, along with other organizations such as Alas Tensas, are the main reference for accounting for these crimes.
This Wednesday the discovery of the body of Yoilén Acosta Torriente, an 18-year-old young man who was reported missing on Sunday, January 29, was also confirmed. In accordance with The Center Bowthe body was found in a cane field in the area known as Tumba Saco, in Cruces, Cienfuegos.
Four people have been detained for this crime, according to the media, for their alleged involvement, including two women and two men. However, the authorities have not confirmed or provided details about these two events.
The new crimes occur at a time when there are several reports of disappeared women in Cuba, including minors.
Independent observatories verified 34 gender-based killings in 2022, 36 in 2021, and 32 in 2020.
“We reiterate our demand for effective mechanisms to prevent gender violence so as not to reach its extreme manifestation, which is irreparable,” said Yo Sí Te Creo in Cuba.
The activists also stressed the need for “early warnings of disappearances, which help to avoid these extreme violent outcomes.”
The new crimes occur at a time when there are several reports of disappeared women in Cuba, including minors. The activists demand a law against Gender Violence and criticize the Cuban government for not classifying femicide as a crime in the new Penal Code, which came into force last December, although it contemplates gender-based violence.
The most recent official statistics appear in the 2016 National Gender Equality Survey in which 10,698 women participated.
The survey showed that 26.7% of Cuban women between the ages of 15 and 74 have suffered some type of violence in their partner relationship in the 12 months prior to the study. Only 3.7% of the assaulted requested institutional help.
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