AREQUIPA, Peru – The parents of Cuban political prisoner Andy García Lorenzo are standing outside the Guamajal prison, in Santa Clara, where the young man has been on hunger strike for 11 days.
The inmate’s sister, Roxana García Lorenzo, updated on Facebook about Andy’s situation. “Their reasons are clear, but the authorities and State Security still do not give an answer,” he wrote.
The political prisoner demands the return of some personal letters that were taken from him by the prison authorities.
“Yesterday, my mother managed to speak with the medical staff in charge of him. Although they say they have the necessary materials, they have not performed medical tests, which leaves us uncertain about their true state of health. The only thing we know is that he is still not eating food,” the publication highlights.
In this regard, García Lorenzo’s family demands immediate responses and actions from the Cuban regime, describing the situation as “life or death” and blaming the dictatorship for any resulting incident.
According to the sister, the political prisoner remains subject to systematic violation of human rights. García Lorenzo, about to serve four years in prison, faces the denial of his parole and reduced sentence.
The family assured that they are also alarmed because “during his last hunger strike “He was beaten and subjected to inhumane conditions.”
He also urged the national and international community to exert pressure: “Andy’s life depends on the pressure we can exert together,” they indicated.
Andy García Lorenzo was violently arrested on July 11, 2021 and sentenced to four years in prison for participating, in Santa Clara, in the popular protests that spread throughout the entire city that day. Cuba. In May 2022 was released for five days, and returned to prison, this time to a work camp for inmates.
