Several activists and independent journalists in Cuba have this Friday a strong police guard around their home.
The reporter from 14ymedio light escobar He denounced that there is an officer dressed in civilian clothes in the lobby of his building accompanied by a uniformed woman from the Ministry of the Interior, a policeman on the 5th floor and three others on the ground floor of the building, standing next to a patrol car. They were greeted by about four agents without State Security uniform.
“What is happening?” asked the journalist in her networks, who lists about four patrols in the basement of her home.
“There are no apparent pretexts for this repressive action. We must be attentive to any escalation,” protested the opposition Manuel Cuesta Morúa
In addition to Escobar, Camila Acosta, Boris González Arenas, Lourdes Esquivel Vieyto, Lázaro Rolando Kesser Barrueto, Zaqueo Báez, Ismael Reñi and Camila Rodríguez are under heavy surveillance this same day, as reported by the latter. on your Facebook wall.
From Santa Clara, Saily González replied to Rodríguez’s post: “I have been under surveillance for two weeks that is invisible to me and asks everyone who comes to my house when they leave here for their ID, takes pictures of them and tells them yes. He doesn’t know that I’m ‘against’. He identifies himself as Agent Guevara. I personally haven’t seen them.”
“There are no apparent pretexts for this repressive action. We must be attentive to any escalation,” claimed the opposition Manuel Cuesta Morua when reporting the police harassment of González Arenas, spokesperson for the Democratic Action Unity Table and member of @CubaTransicion.
The operations around the houses have also coincided with the interruption of the web browsing service that several reporters and activists have denounced. Since this Thursday the Internet connection from mobile phones was affected by a presumed electrical failure, several clients of the state telecommunications monopoly, Etecsa, complain of not having recovered the service.
The problem is more widespread in some areas of Havana, such as the vicinity of the Plaza de Cuatro Caminos, where hundreds of people gathered yesterday in a long line to buy food. The agglomeration led to an extensive police operation due to the fear of the authorities of a popular revolt in a densely populated area of Havana.
This by the bottom exit of the building. Now, by the front exit there are two Minint cars and another couple of policemen. What’s going on? pic.twitter.com/rhFdUIZmvK
– Luz Escobar (@Luz_Cuba) March 25, 2022
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