MADRID, Spain.- The Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH) denounced in its most recent report that the year 2023 has begun “just as badly” as 2022 with respect to the repression of the island’s political prisoners; as well as for all independent civil society.
The Madrid-based organization registered 361 repressive actions against activists, journalists and citizens in Cuba during the month of January.
Of these actions, 65 were some type of arbitrary detention and 296, other abuses. In addition, 70 activists were besieged in their homes by the police and 42 political prisoners were subjected to abuse in prisons, among other acts of threats, police summons, fines, and harassment.
According to the monthly report of the OCDH, 26 people were sentenced due to the popular demonstrations of 11J, which occurred more than a year and a half ago.
The Observatory also highlighted that Manuel de Jesús Guillén Esplugas, participants in these protests, has been in prison all this time without a date having been set for his trial nor has he been notified of the prosecutor’s request.
In its document, the OCDH recalled that the digital tool “24×7” has been available for the island’s citizens to report human rights violations for a few days.
The application Its objective is to document the situation of repression on the Island with greater scope and precision.
Complaints can be sent through the web https://247ocdh.comwhich has various channels such as an online form, WhatsApp chat, and a form in Word format that must be downloaded, filled out, and sent to email [email protected].
In addition to repressive acts, through this application you can report issues related to homes in danger of collapsing or in poor condition, lack of medicines, problems with the water service, labor problems, unjustified expulsions, sanctions for different opinions, salary theft or others.
