MIAMI, United States. – The collaborator of CubaNet Adelth Bonne Gamboa was summoned by telephone this Friday by an alleged State Security agent. However, the communicator and activist refused to appear before the supposed authority if he did not receive an official summons.
According to what he told this medium, Bonne Gamboa assured his interlocutor that, to summon him, he had to give him an official document for that purpose. In the call, the alleged agent referred to “the new regulations”, that is, to the Social Communication Law that came into force last year and by which the Island’s regime has unleashed a wave of repression against journalists and communicators.
Last Sunday, September 22, Bonne Gamboa was confronted and threatened in his own home by two women who, according to their statements, were acting on behalf of the Cuban Government. The women said they disagreed with the young man’s journalistic work and activism, both in CubaNet like on their social networks.
In a recorded video The communicator himself shows the women who tried to intimidate him.
Bonne Gamboa, known for his activism and his open criticism of the Cuban regime, denounced the women as “snitches” of the Government and underlined the absurdity of the situation, indicating that, if State Security had something against them, they should send the Police directly instead of delegating responsibility to two apparently civilian women.
This incident added to the numerous acts of intimidation against activists and independent journalists on the Island, who face constant threats and harassment for their work in defense of freedom of expression and the denunciation of human rights violations in Cuba.
Bonne, at 29 years old, is a communicator who transmits to the people the reality of the Island in crisis. In CubaNet run the program Worming with Adelth, in which it addresses current issues and relevance to the population.
On several occasions, State Security has cut off his internet access to prevent his transmissions and has warned him, by telephone, not to leave his house.
