MIAMI, United States. – The Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH) denounced that during the month of November at least 253 repressive actions were recorded in Cuba, with a total of 89 arbitrary detentions and 164 additional abuses.
In a press release sent to the media, the organization stressed that “the absence of changes in favor of citizens persists and repression is the only instrument of the regime in its attempt to contain citizen fatigue.”
The note also indicates that the main victims of these abuses were political prisoners, common inmates and their families. Furthermore, among the most frequent repressive measures were the siege of activists’ homes, police summonses, harassment and fines.
According to the OCDH, the most affected provinces were Havana, Matanzas and Villa Clara. The Madrid-based organization warned that the Cuban Government “is preparing for the next challenges in international politics with greater repression and internal impoverishment.”
In the first half of 2024 alone, the OCDH counted some 488 arbitrary arrests and 462 illegal detentions in homes, which are part of the 1,932 repressive actions against the civilian population verified by the organization in that period.
According to a statement from the NGOthe first half of the year on the Island was characterized by illegal arrests, abuses against political prisoners and their families, illegal housing sites, threats, police summonses, harassment, fines, trials, convictions and violations of religious rights.
Havana, Matanzas, Camagüey and Santiago de Cuba were the provinces most affected by repression in this period, the information states.
“It is more than evident that the levels of repression remain intact in Cuba, with high peaks when popular protests occur and the Miguel Díaz-Canel regime does not hesitate to intensify the police machinery against the population,” denounced the OCDH.
