Madrid Spain.- The United States government demanded that the Cuban regime protect the right of its citizens to freedom of expression and assembly.
This Sunday, a few hours before commemorating the first anniversary of the historic anti-government demonstrations of July 11, the US Embassy in Havana urged the Government on the Island to guarantee that all citizens can travel freely without being harassed, that journalists can carry out their work without impediments and that Internet and telecommunications lines remain open.
We demand from the regime #Cuba that protects the right of its citizens to freedom of expression and assembly. pic.twitter.com/pJDktCk1jO
— Embassy of the United States in Cuba (@USEmbCuba) July 10, 2022
Through a statement issued through its social networks, the diplomatic headquarters pointed out that “the unannounced military exercises and the arrest of activists and journalists show that the regime fears the freedom of expression of its own citizens.”
The diplomatic entity also recalled that on July 11, 2021, the Cuban authorities ruled out the protections for freedom of expression and assembly, despite being established in the Constitution.
“The government must fulfill its constitutional obligation, the courts must protect those rights and free the imprisoned protesters,” declared.
(2/2) The government must fulfill its constitutional obligation, the courts must protect those rights, and free the imprisoned protesters. #PrisonersWhy pic.twitter.com/v2NyhdtqCG
— Embassy of the United States in Cuba (@USEmbCuba) July 10, 2022
In recent days, the Castro regime has increased police operations, surveillance, arrests, interrogations and threats to opponents, activists and independent journalists to prevent them from taking to the streets to commemorate the first anniversary of 11J and any attempt to demonstrate.
According to the latest report from the NGO Prisoners DefendersOf the more than 1,000 people imprisoned on the Island as a result of the peaceful protests of July 11, 2021, 880 of them still remain in prison.
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