Yudinela Castro Pérez, mother of the 18-year-old political prisoner Rowland Jesus Castillo Castro and protester of July 11, is admitted to the Julio Trigo hospital, in Havana, after attempting on her life. As confirmed by family sources 14ymedioCastro is out of danger.
“He is already recovering. He is under treatment in the Julio Trigo psychiatric ward,” says María Teresa Pérez, Castro’s mother. The woman, a leukemia patient, has also suffered several crises due to this condition in recent months.
A change of precautionary measure was approved for Castro on March 10 after spending almost 15 days arrested by State Security in the Cuban capital. She is currently under investigation for an alleged crime of contempt.
Since his son was taken to jail, Castro has denounced each of the injustices that have been committed against the young man and has not stopped demanding his freedom.
She had been arrested on February 24 in the morning hours, activist Arián Cruz reported at the time, Tata Poet, who explained that she was transferred to Villa Marista, a center known as the State Security headquarters in Havana. Cruz later reported that, after six days of investigation, her mother had been presented with “contempt charges.”
Since his son was taken to jail, Castro has denounced each of the injustices that have been committed against the young man and has not stopped demanding his freedom. In a interview with 14ymedio warned of threats from State Security if he continued “claiming and protesting” in favor of the young man.
He has also denounced “the lies” of the regime told in the trial that was held against his son Rowland, accused of sedition and with an initial prosecutor’s request of 23 years, later reduced to 12.
On several occasions, Castro has been arbitrarily detained by State Security officials for interrogation, but she has always warned that “no matter what it costs” nothing will stop her in her fight for her son’s freedom.
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