MIAMI, United States. — Venezuelan singer-songwriter Ricardo Montaner publicly committed to Cuban rapper Maykel Osorbosentenced to nine years in prison for resisting arbitrary arrest in April last year.
“He is a young boy who is in the prisons of Cuba. Maykel Osorbo is also a composer, an integral part of the group that wrote ‘Patria y Vida’ and is right now in Cuban prisons paying because, according to what they told him, he was a danger to society,” Montaner said in a shared video. On twitter.
The gesture of the famous Venezuelan singer-songwriter responds to the initiative ‘Sponsor a political prisoner in the world’, promoted by the Casla Institute.
Montaner assured that he would offer his support to the 39-year-old rapper and that he would be in charge of making his case visible.
“I want to be your godfather and I want to make your problem visible, I want to make visible what is happening with you, a big hug,” said the singer.
Maykel Osorbo was sentenced to nine years in prison for the alleged crimes of contempt, attack, public disorder and defamation of institutions and organizations, heroes and martyrs, in a trial in which the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was also sentenced, who is serving five years in prison in the maximum security prison from Guanajay.
In the same case, the opponents Félix Roque were also sentenced, sentenced to five years in prison for attack; Reina Sierra and Juslid Justiz Lazo, who must complete three years of correctional work without internment.
Maykel Osorbo was one of the authors and performers of “Patria y Vida”, a song that became the anthem of Cubans during the anti-government protests on July 11 and 12, 2021 (11J).
The rapper, who has already been imprisoned on other occasions, was also classified as a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.
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