The organizers of the pro-democracy protests in Cuba ask to extend them until the end of the month

Archipelago, the Cuban dissident group that called the protest on November 15 (15N), accused the communist regime of violating their fundamental rights and proposed prolonging the protests until November 27.

In a statement issued at dawn to take stock of the previous day, he argued that “the causes that motivated the call for the 15N are still in force“And that the communist regime”did not understand the message”, So he is committed to insisting.

That is why he proposes to continue raising his voice, through small actions and symbolic events, against the regime, to demand a peaceful political change and dialogue in the country, in addition to the release of political prisoners and prisoners of conscience and respect for fundamental rights.

Among others, he asks to continue using white clothes as a political claim, maintaining opposition slogans as a trend on social networks and a daily casserole at nine o’clock at night.

“If the Government does not give up its efforts to violate our rights, we will continue the civic struggle until Cuba is a State of Rights, a Republic “with everyone and for the good of all.””, Says the Archipelago statement.

The group criticized the Government’s response to its call for a march for this Monday, for not respecting its “right to freedom of expression, assembly and demonstration established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recognized by the 2019 Constitution″, Putting their judgment “Cubans against Cubans”.

The Cuban Government, the text continues, has resorted to “terror“Against the disagreement and answered”as does a dictatorship“, with “extreme militarization of the streets”, More than 100 activists besieged, arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, acts of repudiation, violence, threats, coercion and hate speech.

The 15N march, which the communist regime did not authorize, was thwarted by a large deployment of security forces in the main cities, as well as individual actions against dozens of activists, opponents and independent journalists.

Some were detained, others forced to stay at their homes and several denounced repudiation rallies in front of their homes by groups of people related to the Government.

The communist regime, through the voice of its Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, described this Monday the initiative as “failed operation”From the United States.

The communist authorities withdrew last Saturday, hours before the start of the protests, the accreditations to the journalists and photojournalists of the Efe Agency in Cuba without explaining the reasons or clarifying whether it was a temporary or permanent measure.

Hours later, the authorities returned them to two of the six journalists on the team, something that the president of the Efe Agency, Gabriela Cañas, considers “insufficient” and demands that they all be returned.