Havana/After years of complaints by observatories and independent means about the limited capacity of the Cuban Criminal Code to sanction crimes against women, this Thursday the official press finally began to ask questions. “Do we need more legal reforms in this regard? Should sexual crimes be typified better? Do we require more agile judicial processes and more protection for victims?” Newspaper 26 Following a own survey in which a crucial fact is exposed: 72% of the participants consider that current laws against these crimes are “insufficient” or “little severe.”
The medium warns that the survey “is not representative”, but ensures that the perception of citizens brings to debate a non -unfounded concern and, above all, “the macho culture that surrounds us is brought to light.”
In 2024, according to figures from Cuba Observatory about gender equalityThe Tunas reported 22 cases of “violence for gender reasons”, two more than the previous year. Although the report does not detail whether they were aggressions or murders, and offers a brief profile of the victims – the most frequent white women between 20 and 44 years – confirms that these facts are barely those who arrived in court.
The survey also gives the measure of little confidence in the authorities
The tunas was also the second province of the country with the greatest number of cases that year, only behind Havana (51), which has more than the population of population, information that information that information that information that information that Newspaper 26 Pass over.
The survey also gives the measure of little confidence in the authorities – between 46% and 55% of the participants believe that many cases never denounced – and the stigma suffered by women when they are victims of sexist violence. “It scares that some, [un] Small percentage, but one is enough to worry, they will estimate that ‘they look for it’; In a clear sign that the censurable guilt of the victims persists, ”warns the medium.
This same Thursday, the official Camagüey newspaper, Forwardannounced that The Court System From the island he created “Gender Committees” in each province to “transversalize the gender perspective in the administration of justice.”
According to the article, the strategy seeks, among other things, that these cases are processed in a “urgent and priority” way, underlining the “right to a dignified life and free of violence.”
Both the text of Forward like that of Newspaper 26 They are published ten days after the official press gave the news of the Murder of a woman in Holguín calling him, against his custom, “feminicide.” However, a few weeks ago the independent media denounced the case of Orlis Danielaonly nine years old, dead at the hands of a neighbor of Yara, Granma, on which the authorities never pronounced.
So far this year, ’14ymedio’ registers 20 femicides, of which one took place in that province
The girl and her four brothers had found her mother’s body, Yusmila Mayo Ruiz, victim of a femicide perpetrated by her partner on February 14, 2024, precisely in Las Tunas. After the death of Orlis, the independent observatories pointed to the authorities for leaving the minors homeless. “The terrible story of this little girl is not a tragedy or destiny, it is the consequence of a broken society and a femicide state, which refuses to protect the lives of women and girls,” they settled.
So far this year, 14ymedio record 20 feminicideof which one took place in that province. This is the teacher Nancy Leyva García35 years old and resident in Las Delicias (Puerto Padre), who was killed by his partner in the street on April 12.
According to the platforms, Nancita, as he was known, was very popular in the community for his profession and had two children, at least one of them in school age.
In an unusual report that seeks to confirm that in Cuba sufficient attention to sexist violence, the official press also reported last June of the penalty to 28 years in prison a man accused of killing his ex -partner last year in Las Tunas. “The defendant, in the early hours of June 5, 2024, assaul Newspaper 26which did not reveal the name of the victim, which could be identified thanks to the independent records.
It’s about Katia Ortiz Figueredo25 years, murdered around 11:00 at night and in front of several people waiting to buy medications in front of a pharmacy. “They were divorced a few months ago but he, under threats, had held her for five days at home and sexually abused (her), leaving her pregnant, according to reports from the expert when doing the necropsy, and leaving two children, one of eight years and a girl of three,” a relative then said.
