Miami:- The images of the arrest of a old man 71, while selling candies on Monte and Factoría Street in Havana, has generated outrage in social networks. A video published this February 4th by Cubanet denounced the violence with which State Security Agents and the Police treated the old man.
While the passersby shouted to be left alone and that they were “hungry to the people,” the agents raised the Lord to subdue him and introduce him into a patrol.
The name of the old man is Héctor Julio Cedeño and is dedicated to selling candies to subsist. Cedeño is also known for its opposition to the Cuban regime. Constantly harassed by inspectors and state security agents, Cedeño carries with it a poster in which it demands the end of the dictatorship. His strategy is to take it out when they try to confiscate his merchandise or stop him. “It is a silent protest against repression,” a collaborator who was present at the time of detention told this media.
Cedeño previously worked for the independent agency Talk Press and since the beginning of the 2000s He sent complaints to independent press media. “He is a good person, of values and very correct, who needs support,” the collaborator who witnessed the violent act.
In addition to a reporter, Cedeño has stood out as an independent trade unionist. For his work as a workers’ defender, he has been repressed. Héctor Julio was arrested on February 5, 2013 at the Park of the Fraternity of Havana and accused of an alleged crime of contempt, for taking photographs to a group of inspectors who harassed private porters, records In a Cubanet report of the time.
