(EFE).- The Cuban collective Justicia 11J denounced this Wednesday the arrest of six relatives of people detained for demonstrating on July 11, 2021, in the largest anti-government mobilizations in decades on the island.
The arrests were made, according to this organization, “to prevent their presence” at the United States embassy in Cuba, where a State Department delegation is visiting the island.
Three of the relatives have already been released and two more have not been able to leave their homes due to a police cordon outside their homes, according to the NGO
Three of the relatives have already been released and two more have not been able to leave their homes due to a police cordon outside their homes, according to the NGO.
The independent medium The touch He added that the events occurred this Wednesday and that those involved tried to go to the embassy headquarters “on the occasion of the visit” of the Undersecretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs, Emily Mendrala.
The diplomatic headquarters has condemned the events in a statement on its social networks. “We condemn the detention by the Cuban government of the relatives of the imprisoned 9/11 protesters who were scheduled to meet with US officials today in Havana. Preventing parents from talking about their imprisoned children is unfair and inhumane,” the message said.
“These families – it continues – have the right to speak with the international community and with any other person they choose about the condition of their loved ones. We join the calls for the Cuban government to immediately release all those unjustly detained.”
The American leads the delegation that held a round of talks on irregular migration on Tuesday in Havana with representatives of the Cuban government led by the Vice Minister of Foreign Affairs, Carlos Fernández de Cossio.
The trials against the protesters of July 11, 2021 have been taking place in Cuba since the end of 2021 while the relatives of the convicted and NGOs have criticized them for lack of guarantees, fabrication of evidence and the high sentences.
Foreign media do not have access to the trials, nor do organizations such as Amnesty International, which had requested it, or ambassadors from some European countries who tried to attend without success.
For its part, the Cuban Supreme Court assures that due process has been observed in all cases opened as a result of 9/11.
According to the NGO Cubalex and the Justicia 11J collective, after last year’s protests, nearly 600 sentences have been handed down, some of up to 30 years in prison.
According to the NGO Cubalex and the Justicia 11J collective, after last year’s protests, handed down nearly 600 sentencessome of up to 30 years in prison.
Since July of this year there have been protests throughout the country, especially in recent days due to frequent blackouts and the management of the effects of Hurricane Ian on the national electrical system.
The Cuban Conflict Observatory (OCC), based in Miami, counted 589 protests in October, five more than those registered in July 2021.
The Cuban Attorney General’s Office warned at the beginning of last month that it is investigating the recent protests and that the criminal acts “will receive the corresponding criminal legal response.”
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