MIAMI, United States. – “Yesterday was a day that made a difference in the history of 11J”, he told CubaNet Betty Guerra Perdomo, niece of one of the Cubans arrested this monday for peacefully demanding the release of their children in the Plaza de la Catedral in Havana.
“Against the family you cannot. There is no FAR, PNR or MININT army that can beat us. The family is the force that the dictatorship is afraid of,” said Guerra Perdomo.
The young Cuban also pointed out that “the least” that the relatives of the 11J prisoners can do is “honor” their courage and nobility.
In total, seven people were arrested this Monday: Liset Fonseca Rosales, Marta Perdomo, Saily Núñez, Ailex Marcano Fabelo, Delanis Álvarez, Wilber Aguilar Bravo and Luis Rodríguez Pérez (who was filming the protest).
Liset Fonseca asks for freedom for her son Roberto Pérez Fonseca, sentenced to 10 years in prison for protesting on 11J, and who is currently serving his sentence in the Quivicán prison.
Nadir and Jorge Martín Perdomo, whose mother was also arrested this Monday in front of the Cathedral for demanding the freedom of her children, were sentenced to six and eight years in prison respectively for their participation in the 11J demonstrations in San José de las Slabs.
The Perdomo brothers They were arrested on July 17, 2021. After 51 days in the “AIDS Prison” they were transferred to the Quivicán prison. Nadir currently remains in this prison and Jorge in Melena del Sur.
For her part, Saily Núñez is the wife of the 11J protester sentenced to 14 years in prison Maikel Puig Bergolla, held in the maximum security prison of Agüica, Matanzas.
Just a few days ago, Núñez reported that her husband was very ill in prison, with a high fever and boils on his legs. He is “in very poor condition” and “very poorly cared for,” she said.
Wilber Aguilar, meanwhile, is the father of a 21-year-old protester from La Güinera. Walnier Aguilar was arrested on July 20, 2021, nine days after the historic anti-government protests that shook the Island, and sentenced to 23 years in prison for the alleged crime of “sedition.”
According to the group Justice 11J, this Monday only the women protesters were released. Meanwhile, Wilber Aguilar and Luis Rodríguez remained in custody. “All of them are charged with the crime of public disorder and will be under a precautionary measure of release on bail,” the group said.
Justice 11J also denounced the arrest of Leonardo Romero Negrín, who went to the police unit to inquire about the arrested protesters.
“We insist on the arbitrariness of the process; peaceful protest IS NOT public disorder,” the group also asserted.
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