Reniel Rodríguez, the 15-year-old activist arrested on Wednesday at his school, was released this Thursday as confirmed by his own brother through Twitter and spread the news. bill of the Alianza Juvenil Libertaria (ALJ), of which he is founder. The day before, the boy had been led by a teacher to a police car in which he was transferred to an EFI (Comprehensive Training School) of the Ministry of the Interior, he denounced his surroundings.
The release came shortly after the provincial newspaper Giron publish a video in which his mother, María Josefa González Mayé, appeared “clarifying what happened.” In the images, published in the bill of the newspaper’s Facebook, the video starts with a photograph of the young man with his mother in which it is seen that he wears his hair like previous days in apparent contradiction with the dissemination of the information that he was shaved in the center. However, immediately afterwards the video starts with the mother alone and Rainel is not seen again.
Rainel’s mother assures that he was present throughout the interrogation and alleges with great insistence that they treated him “very well.”
González Mayé tells the camera that her son on the 15th uploaded a video to the networks with a call in favor of the Archipelago opposition march, something that she was unaware of at that time. Later, some officers came to her house to tell her that she should take her son to Minors, so she went to the school to pick him up. Rainel’s mother assures that he was present throughout the interrogation and insistently alleges that he was treated “very well.”
According to her version, at that time they informed her that she should go to an EFI, something that at first upset both of them, but she later said that she had visited the place and greeted the director and the workers and changed her mind about the good treatment that, he repeats, he saw that it was given to the boy. “If my son had been treated badly, I would say so, I am not going to lie,” he tells preventively.
Before finishing the video, González Mayé sends a message to parents, asking them to be very aware of their children’s social networks.
From the account of the Libertarian Youth Alliance, it has been assumed that Reniel’s mother was coerced to record the version that exonerates the authorities of a fact that has spread like wildfire on social networks and led to a complaint to organizations such as UNICEF. the attitude of the Cuban government.
From the account of the Alianza Juvenil Libertaria, it has been assumed that Reniel’s mother was coerced to record the version that exonerates the authorities
“The love of a mother for her child knows no limits. We believe that it would have been more true if the child, Reniel, had made the statement, giving his reasons and demands. Not making this cheap copy of a reality show. We continue to ask for concrete images of his situation, “said the AJL, which also observed that González Mayé was” having a horrible and depressing moment with his son, and that the Government is only trying to castrate his voice as it has always done with citizens who they demand their rights. “
The youth organization also celebrated the news of the departure of its founder from the center with a tweet in which he praised the avalanche of solidarity received, determining in his opinion in the resolution of the situation. “We are all grateful for the exceptional support they have offered in all forms and means. Once again we show that we are Fuenteovejuna. We unite for a just cause, injustice trembled and the people rose up.”
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