Havana/The Cuban repressor project of the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba has incorporated into its repressor list To Adrián Pupo Cuesta, aka The Mochoand Wilder César Tejeda Ruiz, indicated by betraying before the authorities the protesters on Saturday night September 13 in Gibara, Holguín. Both were pointed out by filming with their phones the protests to deliver the material to the Political Police, with the aim of identifying and arresting several of the participants.
As a direct consequence of these deletions, at least seven Gibareños They were arrested After the manifestations. Among them are Dairan Bermúdez Batista, known as ChelliReymundo Galbán Claro (The Chinese) and Pedro José, nicknamed Porrón. Martí News also mentions Suleidi Aballe Claro among the detained people. The arrests occurred a few hours after the town of Güirito, in the Holguinero municipality of Gibara, I would go to the streets To demand electricity, food and freedom.
The repression came despite the fact that, according to the official version released in the local environment Gibaravisiónthe protest had passed “based on empathy and respect” and that local authorities had come to “dialogue” with the neighbors. The official statement said that, after the exchange, the citizens retired to their homes. However, night arrests contradict the government account of an event without consequences.
The night of September 13, videos spread on social networks showed dozens of people walking through the streets of Gibara expressing their discontent. There were no reports of violent acts or property damage. The testimonies from Gibara ensure that the concentration was spontaneous and peaceful, reflecting a legitimate discontent in the face of the collapse that the country suffers.
The Cuban repressor project maintains a public registry of state security agents, judges, prosecutors and neighborhood informants involved in repressive acts
From the historical protests of July 11, 2021, the regime has reinforced its surveillance mechanisms, with emphasis on the use of filming made by informants or by the protesters themselves that upload videos to the Internet.
The Cuban repressor project maintains a public registry of state security agents, judges, prosecutors and neighborhood informants involved in repressive acts. The inclusion of Pupo Cuesta and Tejeda Ruiz seeks to make visible the collaboration of civilians in the social control apparatus.
“These informants, used by the Political Police in totalitarian systems, put at risk the freedom and safety of their own neighbors,” says the Foundation statement. “They are part of the surveillance and delation mechanism used by the Cuban regime to suffocate any legitimate citizen expression,” they add in their complaint.
The platform also warns that it will continue to investigate and expose those who collaborate with the security of the State. “We urge you to abandon a collaboration that marks them with a enduring criminal responsibility and other possible consequences such as the denial of American remittances and visas,” adds the text.
The strategy of documenting and disseminating the data of the State Security collaborators has gained strength among human rights groups that consider to break the anonymity of those who participate in repression.
Arrests in Gibara join a pattern of selective arrests after protests. Several activists point out that the regime takes advantage of the night to execute silent operations, with the aim of intimidating the rest of the population and deter it from continuing to participate in demonstrations.
