The Cuban-Canadian Michael Carey, detained one day after the protests of July 11, 2021, was released on parole, the young man’s mother, Yvis Abadin, confirmed this Friday to the journalist Mónica Baró Sánchez, who stressed that in May the his sanction.
According to data offered by Cubalex In his social networks, Carey, 20, was sitting in the corner of his house when two individuals threw stones and ran away, while he was arrested, an accusation that he always denied.
Baró Sánchez explained that in the case, the only thing presented against Carey “was an alleged stone smell test” that was launched against a patrol car. Regarding the sentence, he stressed: “They requested four years of deprivation of liberty and sentenced him to two.”
Carey was admitted to the Occidente del Guatao Youth Prison. While in jail he was infected with covid-19 and according to Cubalex, in September of last year, he presented a yellow hue. “It is not known if (the coronavirus) affected his liver or if he has hepatitis because they have not taken him to the doctor,” the organization said.
For this reason they kept him isolated and incommunicado. His mother was denied visits, despite this, she went “every Wednesday to bring him his things” until he was released. Carey lost significant weight while in jail.
⚠️Attention: 1057 POLITICAL PRISONERS IN #CUBA:
➡️938 sentenced to up to life imprisonment
➡️123 women (including trans gender)
➡️36 boys and girlsnew report of @PrisonersDFNdrs https://t.co/LuuyarjcxF #11JCuba #11J #SOSCuba #CubaIsADictatorship #LAST MINUTE pic.twitter.com/SIgI2g57OI
— Prisoners Defenders (@PrisonersDFNdrs) January 12, 2023
According to the most recent report by the NGO Prisoners Defenders, Cuba closed the month of December 2022 with 29 new political prisoners, for a total of 1,057 who suffer judicial sentences or limited freedom.
“The people live in fear and gagged. Cuba has become a great prison for the vast majority of citizens,” states in his report. He continues to “harass, threaten, summon and arrest thousands of people, and imprison.”
From the list, it is specified that “190 protesters have been accused of sedition and at least 175 have been sentenced” to an average of more than 10 years in prison each. While 938 political prisoners have been sentenced with sentences of up to life imprisonment in 18 cases.
In the document, an alarming point is that 31 boys and 5 girls, a total of 36 minors, are still serving sentences (27 of them) or are being criminally prosecuted (9 of them). “A good part of the minors are found in prisons that are supposedly for minors, but they are completely penitentiary centers that are euphemistically called Comprehensive Training Schools.”
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