MIAMI, United States. — Cuban activists and opponents commemorated the first anniversary of the protests of the July 11, 2021 (11) with calls to take to the streets in various provinces of the country.
The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance (ARC), an organization that brings together several opposition groups inside and outside of Cuba, reported this Monday that, “despite the repression that the dictatorship has deployed these days, citizens of the island have come out to the streets to distribute leaflets with messages calling for freedom for political prisoners, supporting a National Strike and urging Cubans to continue protesting for their rights.”
“It’s time to be free”, “National Rebellion Day” and “To the streets” have been some of the messages that have appeared in public spaces in Artemisa, Holguín, Granma, Villa Clara, Pinar del Río and Mayabeque.
According to the Assembly of the Resistance itself, dozens of citizens hung yellow objects with the numeral “11J” on the facades of their houses.
Likewise, in Villa Clara and Mayabeque relatives of political prisoners joined the activities, meeting in houses to pray for the freedom of the protesters.
Miami joins the 11J
In support of civil society in Cuba, the Assembly of the Cuban Resistance scheduled a series of activities to commemorate the first anniversary of the protests and denounce the sentences and sanctions that weigh on hundreds of peaceful demonstrators of 11J, including minors and women who , a year after the protests, continue to see their freedoms and rights violated by the Castro regime.
In the morning hours of this Monday, the anniversary ceremony of July 11 was held at the headquarters of Brigade 2506. At six in the afternoon, the Rosario de MAR for Cuba event is scheduled, which will take place in the Ermita de la Caridad del Cobre, while at seven a commemorative civic-cultural event will take place on July 11 at the American Museum of the Cuban Diaspora. A walk along Calle 8 to the Monument in honor of Brigade 2506 is also planned.
The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance asked the Cuban exile community to display flags in vehicles and houses to support the commemoration of 11J.
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