Madrid Spain.- The Cuban government criticized on Monday the recent denunciations of the European Union (EU) for the sentences imposed on the artists and opponents Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara (LMOA) and Maykel Castillo Pérez (Maykel Osorbo).
“Latest statements about Cuba by European Union institutions, including those by spokesman Peter Stano, are contrary to the principles established in the Political Dialogue and Cooperation Agreement (ADPC) of equality, non-interference and respect for the sovereignty of the parties. ”, he said in Twitter Emilio Lozada García, general director of bilateral affairs of the Cuban Ministry of Foreign Affairs (MINREX).
Lozada García also considered: “The European Union should abandon its double standards and address serious human rights violations involving its member states.”
The EU should abandon its double standards and address serious violations of #HR involving its member states (2/2).
– Emilio Lozada García (@EmilioLozadaG) July 4, 2022
The headline referred primarily to the publication carried out on June 26 by Peter Stano, who reiterated the European Union’s concern about the sentences against Otero Alcántara and Maykel Osorbo.
Stano, spokesman for the European External Action Service, called on the Cuban authorities “to respect all civil and political rights.”
Cuba: following the latest sentences against Otero Alcántara,”Osorbo” Castillo & others demonstrating in July 2021,??reiterates its concerns and the call on ?? authorities to respect all civil & political rights, as stated by @JosepBorrellF in March ? https://t.co/sf5u3YusXq
— Peter Stano (@ExtSpoxEU) June 26, 2022
The sentences against Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Osorbo were published on June 24 through a statement issued by the Attorney General of the Republic of Cuba (FGR). Otero Alcántara was sentenced to five years in prison for various fabricated crimes, including “outrage against the symbols of the homeland” for using the Cuban flag in his performance “Drapeau”, while Osorbo was sentenced to nine years in prison. prison for the alleged crimes of “disrespect”, “defamation of institutions and organizations and of heroes and martyrs” and “attack”.
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