At 30 they already amount to femicide in Cuba during 2023 with the two events reported this week, according to independent activists.
The most recent sexist murder took place in the province of Granma and was confirmed this Sunday by the feminist platform Alas Tensas, according to a report from the agency EFE.
“We regret the femicide of Daniela Thalia Tasse Arias, 22 years old, which occurred on May 25 in Bayamo, Granma,” indicates a note from the Cuban activists published on their Facebook page.
The young Tasse Arias “was attacked by her ex-partner in the vicinity of her workplace, the Luis Marcano school” in the eastern city of Bayamo, said the communication, quoted by the Spanish agency.
In addition, according to sources consulted by the Alas Tensas Gender Observatory (OGAT), this new act of sexist violence “occurred in front of students and workers at the center” of the victim’s work.
“There are 30 women murdered due to gender violence in Cuba (in 2023), and we are in the process of verifying another possible feminicide that occurred in Guantánamo, in the face of the immobility of public institutions,” adds the feminist platform.
Also this week, activists from the independent platform YoSíTeCreo in Cuba verified the feminicide of a 60-year-old woman named Tomasa, whose last name Vargas has not been confirmed. The murder occurred on May 24 in the Luyanó neighborhood in Havana.
The work of independent feminist activists and groups “has helped to focus on the cases of sexist murders and disappearances of women in Cuba in recent years,” he considers EFE in your report.
The Spanish media highlights that “these groups have confirmed and registered the cases that they have documented of murders for gender reasons on the island.”
Also, remember that the People’s Supreme Court (TSP) of Cuba reported in mid-may that in 2022 there were 18 convictions for sexist murders, all with penalties of more than 25 years in prison.
The high court reported that “the majority age range of the victims ranges from 20 to 44” years, review EFEwhich notes that the number of reported convictions represents half of the (36) femicides registered last year by Alas Tensas and YoSíTeCreo, which also includes vicarious violence.
EFE / OnCuba
