The activist and curator of Cuban art Anamely Ramos denounced this Wednesday, from Miami, that the life of the rebellious rapper Maykel Castillo Osorbo He is in danger in prison, where he has been held for six months.
Maykel Castillo “is sick”, denounces in his Facebook profile Ramos, who says that, after his last hunger and thirst strike for six days, being held incommunicado for more than two weeks and spending at least four days in a punishment cell, Castillo called to say that he had been taken to the doctor. ” to see the nodes “.
In statements to 14ymedio Ramos explained that today the singer “does not have a conclusive diagnosis” and does not believe that he will have it, because “he is not going to allow himself to do any intervention and that is why it is important and urgent that he get out of there now” .
He specified that Castillo had “been complaining about the lymph nodes for more than two months” but that, although he told the doctor of the Kilo Cinco y Medio prison in Pinar del Río, she “ignored him” at that time.
“If he is like this, it is precisely because of his unjust imprisonment and the mistreatment to which he has been subjected since long before he was in jail”
Ramos clarified that she had not wanted to publish this news before because everyone was aware of the November 15 march and because she also needed to “hear the details in Maykel’s voice.” He was finally able to talk to the rapper earlier this week and told him that “he is full of balls under the armpits, near the collarbone, behind the arm. He has been vomiting, fever, sweating and very tired.”
After an examination that they carried out recently, “it appears to be a serious failure of the lymphatic system, but that test is not conclusive and Maykel already told me that he will not allow any invasive medical procedure to be performed.” The activist also pointed out that she does not trust any diagnosis or treatment that may indicate Castillo. “If he is like this, it is precisely because of his unjust imprisonment and the mistreatment to which he has been subjected since long before he was in jail.”
Ramos recalled in his post on Facebook that the rapper has been the victim of more than 120 acts of police violence in just over a year: “He suffered a year and a half in prison for opposing Decree 349. Maykel belongs to that sector of the Cuban people persistently rejected. Injustice profound that the dictatorship means, includes this terrible asymmetry where it is these people who always pay the highest price for being free. “
“I will not let it be another body that is lost, a name that is forgotten”
In the same way, he demanded that the Cuban State release Castillo and not deny him “the possibility of attending to his health in a reliable place”, if he so decides, and “to put a stop to violence and violence. barbarism that they have unleashed everywhere and that will end up reaching them as well. ” Finally, he warned: “I will not let it be another body that is lost, a name that is forgotten.”
Maykel Osorbo was arrested on May 18 and from the 31st of that same month he was transferred to a maximum security prison Kilo Cinco y Medio. Is accused of “attack”, “public disorder” and “evasion of prisoners or detainees” due to events that occurred on April 4, in a demonstration on Damas Street, in front of the headquarters of the San Isidro Movement, when the police tried to arbitrarily detain him and he refused to get on the patrol.
Osorbo has denounced that he is imprisoned “for a song” that has become an anthem for Cubans who love freedom and in their fight against the dictatorship, referring to Homeland and Life, who plays alongside Yotuel Romero, Gente de Zona and rapper Eliécer Márquez Duany, The Funky.
This Thursday, just six months after Osorbo’s imprisonment, it will be sung Homeland and Life at the gala of the 22nd edition of the Latin Grammy Awards, a theme that has two nominations in the contest. The event confirmed the presence of El Funky, who traveled from Havana to Miami to attend the gala.
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