MADRID, Spain.- The island’s authorities requested preventive detention for the Cuban Aniette González, who was arrested on March 23 in Camagüey for publishing on networks some photos of her wrapped in the cuban flagas part of a campaign in favor of the release of the artist and political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.
The activist Ienelis Delgado explained to Radio Television Martí that Aniette González had a visit from her relatives this Monday in Villa María Luisa, headquarters of State Security in the province of Camagüey.
During the visit, the relatives learned that preventive detention was requested, accused of insulting the national symbols.
The eldest daughter of Aniette González told the aforementioned outlet that there is still no trial date and that the authorities suggested that she find a lawyer to represent her mother.
“During the visit we could not talk about anything related to the case. The instructor was not there and nothing, they are prosecuting her for insulting the national symbols,” said the 29-year-old.
He also denounced that on March 23, at noon, “they simply arrived at the house and took it away because of the publications of the photos with the flag.”
Aniette González, 43, lives in the Lenin neighborhood of the city of Camagüey and has been detained on previous occasions for her opposition to the regime.
During the last Cuban days have retaken the initiative to publish photos with the national symbol as a sign of their collective essence. The performance “The flag belongs to everyone” is celebrated in solidarity with Luis Manuel Otero Alcantaraimprisoned in the maximum security prison of Guanajay, for the crimes of insulting the symbols of the country, contempt and public disorder.
According to Cuban legislation, “insulting national symbols” includes sullying or showing contempt for the flag or the national anthem with other acts. This can be punished with a prison sentence of two to five years.
