Madrid/“A serious political manipulation, lacking legal and historical foundation, whose sole purpose is to discredit and criminalize a civic and peaceful movement that, since its foundation in 2011, has worked in favor of human rights developing humanitarian work, citizen formation and the dignity of all Cubans.” In this way, the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) qualifies the decision of the regime to include the opposition organization Inside your terrorist list.
In an “open letter” signed on Monday, UNPACU expressed its rejection that the government catalogs it as a terrorist, a measure made public in the Official Gazette of July 9“While glorifying armed actions such as the assault on the Moncada barracks of July 26, 1953, which were made of armed violence, with dead, injured and material damage of terrorist activities.” The organization, founded and led by José Daniel Ferreragain in prison since They revoked probation After three months released, he reiterates in his letter always defended “the peaceful, civic and democratic route to achieve a change in Cuba.”
As an example of its activities over more than a decade, the organization mentions the creation of “Social dining rooms” and basic medical care provided to the poorest, in addition to promoting campaigns around fundamental rights and publicly supporting “democratic initiatives such as the Cuba project decides, led by Rosa María Payá, which promotes a binding plebiscite under international supervision as a peaceful and legitimate exit to the national crisis”.
“There is clear evidence that the Government tries to end our leader’s life through prolonged isolation, physical and psychological torture,”
UNPACU also demands “as a priority”, Ferrer’s “immediate” liberation and all political prisoners. “There is clear evidence that the government tries to end our leader’s life through prolonged isolation, physical and psychological torturedenial of medical care and other practices that put their integrity at risk, ”they denounce in their text. And they rivery:“ We publicly hold the senior management of the Presidency of the Republic of Cuba for the life of José Daniel Ferrer and all the political prisoners of the country.
Similarly, the “serious violation of rights” stands out in the case of the opponent. “To date, the criminal situation of José Daniel Ferrer is not known,” they recall. The authorities have refused to respond to the formal request presented by their lawyers to the Superior Courts of Santiago de Cuba. “The systematic refusal of the authorities to issue a written clarification to their criminal situation constitutes a noticeable violation of due process and one more sample of how in Cuba the most basic rights of their citizens are institutionalized in a institutionalized way,” they insist.
Finally, UNPACU demands the opening of a “true path to democracy, reconciliation and freedom in Cuba”, which, they estimate, must begin with an amnesty. Instead of resorting to this legitimate mechanism, Claman, the regime “insists on deepening repressive measures contrary to any principle of humanity and justice.”
Havana gave the UN Secretary General, António Guterres, last July, a Updated list –The previous version is from December 2023– with people and entities that it considers terrorists, including the Council for the Anti -Community War, of the Cuban opponent Manuel Milanés, or Influencers and Youtubers such as Álex Otaola, Cuban Paparazzi, Ultrack and Eliécer Ávila.
The document is not appointed to the UNPACU, but its logo appears next to the Patriotic Board of Cuba, which is listed.
The wide range of names cited by the regime was from people investigated by the explosions of hotels and tourist centers in Cuba in the 1990s, such as Pedro Ramón Crispín Rodríguez and José Francisco Hernández Calvo, to historical political leaders of exile in Miami, such as Orlando Gutiérrez Boronat, coordinator of the Cuban Resistance Assembly.
