Madrid Spain.- The Justice 11J Working Group denounced that the situation of vulnerability of political prisoners in Cuba has worsened during the months of August and September.
In his most recent report The organization, which monitors the situation of these people, warned that 15 political prisoners have seen their physical or emotional state affected, or their physical or mental health.
These are prisoners Amalio Álvarez, Andy García Lorenzo, Angélica Garrido, Dayron Martín Rodríguez, Jose Daniel Garcia FerrerJorge Luis Castillo Bolaños, Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca, Lizandra Góngora, María de Jesús Terrás Díaz, Mario Josué Prieto Ricardo, Reina Yacnara Barreto, Samuel Pupo Martínez, Yanley López Basulto, Yasser Fernando Rodríguez and Yosvany Rosell García Caso.
In the case of Amalio Álvarez, for example, he is a 44-year-old man, sentenced to 15 years in prison, who suffers from alcoholism and has withdrawal symptoms and has tried to take his own life on more than one occasion.
While Angélica Garrido, 39 years old and sentenced to three years in prison, due to the accumulation of stress, she suffered a stroke that paralyzed half of her body.
Justice 11J also found that at least ten people have started hunger strikes or hunger and thirst strikes.
They are Angélica Garrido, Carlos Ernesto Díaz (Dissident Ktive), Carlos Manuel Pupo, Frank Michel Monterrey Peláez, Lizandra Góngora, Maikiel Armando Peña, María Cristina Garrido, Pedro Albert, Walfrido Rodríguez Piloto and Yordi García Fournier.
Some of these people have gone on several hunger strikes, and in many cases have gone on strike to demand medical care.
Given this situation, Justice 11J recalled that, according to the Minimum Rules for the Treatment of Prisoners (Mandela Rules), one must “recognize the needs for health care and adopt all the necessary measures for treatment”; as well as “facilitate inmates suspected of suffering from contagious diseases medical isolation and appropriate treatment during the period of infection” and “determine the physical capacity of each inmate to work, exercise and participate in other activities”.
The Working Group also mentioned that, according to article 109 of said document, “people who are diagnosed with a disability or serious mental illness, whose condition could worsen in prison, should not remain in prison.” .
“Despite the fact that the Cuban State is not a signatory of relevant regional texts on human rights such as the American Convention on Human Rights and the American Declaration of the Rights and Duties of Man, we demand that the regional norms and standards be incorporated. and international human rights in relation to the guarantees of personal integrity”, the document demands.
Justice 11J highlighted the need for international human rights defense and humanitarian assistance organizations to learn about this alarming situation.
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