Human Rights NGO denounces repressive escalation of the Cuban regime to avoid protests

The Cuban Observatory for Human Rights denounced a repressive escalation by the communist government of Cuba to prevent protest marches in the country.

This non-governmental organization, based in Madrid, warned in a statement that the Office of Religious Affairs of the Cuban Communist Party participates in the “more than two hundred repressive acts”That has been counted since last Friday.

“Household arrests, threats, internet cuts and acts of repudiation in front of activists’ homes“Are some of these acts, alerted the Observatory.

This entity detailed that “Catholic priests Alberto Reyes, Rolando Montes de Oca and Castor Álvarez Devesa have been threatened with arrest by the Office of Religious Affairs of the Communist Party of Cuba”.

“The activist Saily González Velázquez was subjected this morning at her home in Santa Clara to an embarrassing act of repudiation”He added.

“These acts carried out by followers of the regime include the permanence of members of the Police and State security in the vicinity of the homes (as could be seen, among others, in the video that Víctor Ruiz shared on networks about the harassment suffered this Monday in his living place)”, According to this organization.

Yunior Garcia Aguilera, promoter of civic marches, also suffered an act of repudiation at the doors of his house, where a mob of people sent by the regime prevented him from going out to demonstrate this Sunday, but the foreign press could not reach the place due to the restrictions imposed, added.

At least two people were arrested in a park in Havana after shouting “long live democracy”And his whereabouts are unknown, according to the statement.

Journalists Escobar light, from the Cuban digital newspaper 14yMedio, and Abraham Jimenez, columnist for the American newspaper The Washington Post, “are under house arrest”, He concluded.

A peaceful march to call for a political change in Cuba He intends to visit several cities in the country this Monday, despite not being authorized by the Government, in an initiative inherited from the protests of July 11 last, the largest in decades in the country as a result of discontent and the serious crisis fueled by the pandemic, United States sanctions and the economic situation on the island.