MADRID, Spain.- The Citizenship and Freedom organization reported this Thursday morning that “at this time” the hearing of habeas corpus in favor of Ernesto Ricardo Medina and Kamil Zayas Pérez, young people linked to the independent project El4tico. The update It was disclosed on social networks by the organization itself, amid high expectations for the course of the process and the public demand for release.
According to the publication, the judicial building remains surrounded by members of the National Revolutionary Police and State Security agents dressed in civilian clothes, who monitor the surroundings and the people who approach the place. A truck transporting people deprived of liberty is parked on a side street to the court, while family and friends remain in front of the court headquarters and have called on the community to come and provide support.
Citizenship and Freedom also warned about the situation of Yanet Rodríguez Sánchez, who filed the appeal of habeas corpus. According to the report, Rodríguez Sánchez was heading to the court for the hearing, but so far the organization said it did not have confirmed information about his whereabouts. In her message, she warned that “she may have been detained” and prevented from arriving at the scene to appear in the process.
The organization also noted that it received reports from around the court about the interruption of internet service in the area and the absence of electricity supply. In this context, he recalled that the habeas corpus It constitutes an essential guarantee against arbitrary detention and demanded immediate information on the whereabouts of Rodríguez Sánchez, “procedural transparency and access to information”, the reestablishment of basic services and full respect for judicial guarantees and the integrity of all the people involved.
Kamil Zayas Pérez and Ernesto Ricardo Medina were arrested on February 6 and transferred to the province’s Criminal Investigation headquarters, known as “Everyone sings.” Both would have been accused by the regime of committing the crimes of “propaganda against the constitutional order” and “instigation to commit a crime,” according to reported to CubaNet a source close to the case who requested anonymity.
During the operation, the authorities searched Medina’s home, where his wife and young daughter were. According to Ciudadanía y Libertad, computers, phones, cameras and other work equipment used by the young people for their recordings were confiscated.
By admitting the appeal of habeas corpus presented on Monday, the Popular Provincial Court of Holguín set a hearing for this Thursday, February 12, at 9:00 am, at its own headquarters. In the admission document, the Court recognizes that “the request alleges detention without notification of charges, without specification of crimes and without complying with legal formalities, which could constitute a violation of fundamental rights, which is why their immediate freedom is of interest.”
Since the arrest, hundreds of young people and artists They have joined the campaign to demand the freedom of the members of El4tico.
