Havana/The political prisoner José Daniel Ferrer follows “under death threats” in the Prison of Mar Verde, in Santiago de Cuba, where he is being held. This Monday, Ana Belkis Ferrer, the activist’s sister, denounced through Facebook that the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) runs the risk of “that the same cruel and extreme torture applied in July and August” repeats him. ”
Last Friday, the prison authorities allowed the conjugal visit to Nelva Ortega, wife of Ferrer, corresponding to September, after having denied the family visit the previous week. As reported by Ortega, the activist “continues to be overcome in the same place prepared to torture it, without receiving due medical assistance.” It was also denounced that in that detachment there is a dangerous individual known as Caneywhom he described as “one of the main criminal criminals at the service of the dictatorship.”
Similarly, he mentioned that Ferrer presented “persistent cough, pain in the ears, skin lesions, fungal product, insect bites and excessive heat, as well as infection on the thumb of one foot.” Likewise, the activist remains “thin and pale, although for a few weeks they began to sunbathe two or three times a week.”
The leader of the UNPACU, “brutally tortured” in prison, as reported by the NGO Prisoners Defenders last July, has no access to food, “since they continue to steal them, as well as hygiene products.” Nor does it have water to drink, due to “the shortage throughout the prison”, so Ferrer tries to “survive with what a few solidarity inmates can give him eating.”
Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara suffers from Chikungunya, fever, diarrhea and a strong decay
The artist and political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is going through a delicate health situation in the Guanajay prison, Artemisa, after an epidemic outbreak in the prison. In a phone call this September 9, Activist Yanelys Núñez suffers from Chikungunya, fever, diarrhea and a strong decay, and that in protest he renounced his family visit of the month.
Since August 21 there were no news of him, which increased concern for his well -being in a context of harassment, abuse and inhuman prison conditions. Several Organizations They remember that the Cuban regime is responsible for their life and integrity and denounces the lack of access to medicines and medical care in the country’s prisons.
In the same way, the treatment received by Ferrer in prison has been denounced, even by the US Department of State. Last July, the United States Secretary of State, Marco Rubiodemanded from the Cuban regime a faith of life of the opponent, after various complaints of torture in jail.
“The Cuban regime continues to torture the democracy activist José Daniel Ferrer. The United States demands an immediate life and the liberation of all political prisoners,” wrote Rubio at that time in his X account.
UNPACU was pointed out as “terrorist organization” by the Cuban regime
Ferrer’s environment has also suffered the harassment of the regime. On September 1, the UNPACU It was pointed out as a terrorist organization by the Cuban regime. In one open letterthe NGO denounced “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 his message, the Union also demanded, “as a priority”, the “immediate” liberation of Ferrer and all political prisoners.
A month earlier, on July 1, Nelva Ortega She was arrested for a few hours while demanding a faith of the activist’s life.
Last January, José Daniel was released as part of the agreement with the US mediated by the Vatican to achieve the 553 -inmate prison exit, of which the majority were common imprisoned. However, in April, the Supreme Court revoked the release, since he said that “he did not comply with the measures imposed on him.”
