(EUROPA PRESS) -The General Secretariat of the Organization of American States (OAS) has demanded this Thursday from the Cuban authorities the “immediate” release of political prisoners imprisoned “arbitrarily” on the island.
The organization has highlighted that the “permanent” monitoring of the political and social situation in Cuba continues, with special attention to the condition of political prisoners “imprisoned by the regime,” and has recalled that the violation of their fundamental rights and their detentions “arbitrary” constitute a “flagrant violation” of Human Rights in Cuba, which also goes against all international instruments on the matter.
In addition to the release of the incarcerated, the OAS has emphasized that it is “essential” to remain “attentive” to the evolution of their health conditions and physical integrity and, on this point, it has alluded to the situation of the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (Unpacu), Jose Daniel Ferrer, whose health appears to have deteriorated “rapidly” in recent weeks.
According to the OAS, Ferrer “is confined in a small walled cell, without any contact with people other than the guards who guard him and without access to natural light.”
According to the OAS, Ferrer “is confined in a small walled cell, without any contact with people other than the guards who guard him and without access to natural light.” “His reported breathing problems, loss of vision and others have been attributed to the inhumane conditions where he is detained for exercising his legitimate civil and political rights,” he added.
For this reason, the OAS General Secretariat has also urged Cuba to “immediately allow” the visit to the country of a humanitarian mission of the universal and / or inter-American system for the protection of Human Rights so that it can verify the state and situation of political prisoners in the country.
“The presence of a humanitarian mission is essential in a context such as the present and the General Secretariat will continue to monitor and be permanently alert to the existing situation,” he concluded.
On the other hand, the European Parliament denounced this Thursday the resurgence of political repression in Cuba and has urged the island’s authorities to free the leaders of the dissidence and the hundreds of detainees in the peaceful protests this year. in a resolution opposed by the PSOE and United We Can.
The resolution condemns in particular the situation of activists such as José Daniel Ferrer, Aymara Nieto or Guillermo Fariñas and denounces the “forced exile” of Yunior Garcia, playwright promoter of the latest mobilizations who has recently fled to Spain.
The Spanish socialists have justified their position in the attacks from the right to the Political Dialogue and Cooperation agreement, the framework that governs the EU’s relations with Havana
The document has come forward thanks to the votes of the popular, liberal, conservative and far right, and in it the European Parliament has condemned the “culture of fear” in Havana for the persecution of pro-democratic initiatives such as the marches of November 15, which authorities managed to contain after besieging the houses of the organizers.
The text has come out with 393 votes in favor, 150 against and 119 abstentions, in a tight vote in which the Spanish socialists have opposed along with MEPs from United We Can, ERC and Junts. It should be noted that the group of Socialists and Democrats has been broken since another party has opted for abstention.
The Spanish socialists have justified their position in the attacks from the right to the Political Dialogue and Cooperation agreement, the framework that governs the EU’s relations with Havana.
In the resolution, the right-wing asks to convene the mixed commission because of the violations of the agreement by the Cuban government, defending that “it may lead to the suspension of the Agreement due to violations of democratic principles.”
“We will not tire of denouncing the seriousness and we will say it as many times as necessary until the repression, mistreatment, torture, forced disappearances cease completely,” said the PP MEP, Leopoldo López Gil.
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