Madrid Spain.- The United States government requested the support of democratic countries to continue denouncing the repression and imprisonment of the Cuban dictatorship against the people.
“We call on the international community to join us in condemning the regime’s human rights abuses,” US State Department Under Secretary for Western Hemisphere Affairs Brian A. Nichols said Sunday.
As he had done last week, Nichols recalled that in Cuba “there are more than 550 political prisoners sentenced to more than 4,000 combined years in prison for expressing themselves freely.”
The diplomat, who has continued to give visibility to the situation of arrests on the island through the campaign #PresosPorQué? (Jailed For What, in English), via Twitter described this situation as unacceptable.
Over 550 political prisoners in Cuba are sentenced to over 4,000 combined years in prison for freely expressing themselves.
This is unacceptable.
We call on the international community to join us in condemning the regime’s human rights abuses. pic.twitter.com/YrsSiacHim
— Brian A. Nichols (@WHAAsstSecty) July 3, 2022
Also this weekend the United States Embassy in Havana denounced the nine-year prison sentence against the rapper Maykel Castillo Perez (Maykel Osorbo), for the alleged crimes of contempt, attack, public disorder and defamation of institutions, organizations, heroes and martyrs.
“The Cuban regime sentenced the rapper Maykel Osorbo to nine years in prison after his Latin Grammy-winning song ‘Patria y Vida’ criticized the regime,” the consular headquarters said.
regimen #Cuba convicted the rapper @MaykelOsorbo349 9 years in prison after his Latin Grammy-winning song “Patria y Vida” criticized the regime. No Cuban should fear reprisals or jail time for the music he decides to create, play or sing. #PrisonersWhy pic.twitter.com/m5LBXUi1Z5
— Embassy of the United States in Cuba (@USEmbCuba) July 2, 2022
The embassy also stressed that “no Cuban should fear reprisals or jail for the music they decide to create, play or sing.”
The sentence against Maykel Osorbo was published on June 24 through a statement issued by the Attorney General’s Office (FGR).
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