Havana, Cuba.- The protester of 11J Nile Abrahantes Santiago denounced to CubaNet, by telephone, who was arbitrarily transferred to heto Youth PrisonIt’s known as Ivanov, located in the Cotorro municipality, Havana. The authorities decided to move him from prison to prevent him from meeting with other protesters prisoners.
According to his statements, the political prisoner was andin the most rigorous penitentiary center South Mane, in your province of residence. Over there along with other prisoners July 11 they founded the mopposition movement “July 11 for Freedom”, with Manuel Velázquez Licea as president, Aníbal Yasiel Palau Jacinto as provincial delegate, and another protester named William and Abrahantes Santiago himself as municipal delegates.
As Abrahantes Santiago emphasized, in protest against the abuses committed in the prison and human rights violations the four protesters went on hunger strike. The protest motivated that in retaliation they were separated The ptosado may 19. Manuel Velázquez Licea remained in the Melena del Sur prison, while William and Aníbal Yasiel Palau Jacinto were sent to Quivicán.
Nile Abrahantes denouncedor that in the prison of Melena countless physical and psychological abuses are committed. He demonstrator ensureor that hundreds of prisoners They are in a state of malnutrition. Abrahantes Santiago also regretted the indolence shown by the prison authorities regarding the harsh conditions of captivity they suffer. He referredor specifically toFirst Lieutenant Franklin Iríbar López, head of Educational Treatment.
Since he was transferred to Ivanov, to Nile They do not allow you to go out to the dining room. They have arranged that another inmate brings food to the cell.
Nilo Abrahantes Santiago, of 44 years old, is a native of the Bejucal municipality, belonging to the Mayabeque province. JanAt the time of his arrest, he was making a living as a self-employed pastry chef.
For your participationon at the protests, Nile FI was initially incarcerated at the Bejucal police station, where ensures that they savagely beat him. Five days later he was transferred to the Technical Department of San José de las Lajas and later to the old prison for AIDS patients, in the city itself, where he received another even worse beating.
the protester meets a sentence of five years of imprisonment for the alleged crime of “sabotage”.
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