MIAMI, United States. – The feminist platform YoSiTeCreo in Cuba confirmed this Tuesday two new femicides were registered on the island in June and called for a state of emergency to be declared due to gender-based violence in the country.
The group of feminist activists confirmed the murder of the young Daniela Hernández Terrero, which occurred on June 25 at the hands of her ex-partner and father of her two children, in Centro Habana. After the crime, the aggressor committed suicide, detailed Yo SíTeCreo in Cuba.
He also lamented the femicide of Tania González, on the night of June 27, at the hands of her partner and in front of her daughter and grandchildren. The murder took place in her home, in the Diezmero neighborhood, San Miguel del Padrón municipality.
The Cuban civil society organization also confirmed that the case of Claudia Montes, disappeared and later found dead in the municipality of Martíin Matanzas, was “a sexual femicide.”
“We are investigating another report in Santa Clara (in May) and another in the Jesús María neighborhood (in June), in Centro Habana, for which we ask for citizen collaboration,” wrote the feminist platform.
With the two femicides confirmed this Tuesday, there are five in the month of June and 16 since the 1st. January 2022. There could be more cases, but the independent organizations that regularly report episodes of sexist violence do not have access to official statistics.
“Cuba cannot continue without carrying out the standard mechanisms to confront femicide violence: states of emergency must be declared, shelters created, specific protocols for the disappearance of people, and a specialized system. If the authorities do not want to or cannot, then let civil society work and support. Cases of femicide continue to be reported and there is no state response. How many more must die unnecessarily?” asked the activists of YoSiTeCreo.
They also said that this situation was “alarming”, especially in “a scenario of economic and political crisis.”
“We ask for help and support from all projects, organizations and conscious and sensitive citizens, in seeking solutions to this problem. We ask families who have missing persons to use all means in the first 48 hours, which are vital, if the PNR does not do its job, use social networks and make it viral, “they wrote.
Finally, they advocated the creation of “a citizen alliance for the end of femicides.”
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