MIAMI, United States. –Three political prisoners, members of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) and promoters of Cuba Decide, are on a hunger strike. José Daniel Ferrer García, its main leader and the activists Eider Frómeta Allien and Isaín López Luna will rejectno the consumption of food as a protest against the violations against them.
Imprisoned in the Mar Verde prison, Santiago de Cuba, since the protests of July 11 of 2021, Ferrer began the strike on the afternoon of December 9. yesterday andthe opponent it was beaten by prison authorities in the presence of his children and wife Nelva Ortega.
“José Daniel spoke after demanding the return of the family letters that were stolen from Nelva last November 30. ANDhe head of the prison and other hit men from the dictatorship physically assaulted him and took him back to the punishment cell where they have kept him for almost 16 months,” Ana Belkis Ferrer, activist and sister of the opponent, told Cubanet.
ferrer you manifested to his wife that he would not accept the food she brought because she would start a hunger strike until her rights are respected.
Frómeta and López in punishment cell
The also members of UNPACU and promoters of Cuba Decide, Eider Frómeta Allen and Isain López Luna are confined in punishment cells in the Guantánamo prison. Both of them They have been on hunger strike since December 3.
Frómeta started the protest after a search was carried out where they seized the medicines he uses for his ailments, including high blood pressure. While that López began in solidarity with his fellow fighter.
It is not the first time that Eider has been forced to adopt this extreme decision, due to the continuous cruel treatment by the prison authorities in collusion with State Security agents.
Since May 2020, frometa he is serving his second sanction in prison for political reasons. He had previously been arrested and accused of “disobedience” for his position against the Constitutional Referendum held in 2019. At the end of said sanction, he was accused of “injuries” after a dispute caused by agents of the regime.
As punishment, Eider He was transferred to Kilo 8, a prison located in Camagüey to more than 300 kilomoutside of your house. Several human rights organizations have denounced that the Cuban authorities displaceyes political prisoners to prisons far from their homes to make it difficult for their families to visit and leave them alone. Recently, the opponent He was returned to a prison in his province, but under the same repressive conditions.
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