The group criticized the government’s response for not respecting their right to freedom of expression.
Archipelago, the Cuban dissident group that called the 15N protest, accused the Government of violating their fundamental rights on Tuesday and proposed to prolong the protests until November 27.
In a statement issued at dawn to take stock of the previous day, he argued that “the causes that led to the call for 15N are still in force” and that the Government “has not understood 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 Government, 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 their “right to freedom of expression, assembly and demonstration established in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, and recognized by the 2019 Constitution” , putting in his judgment “Cubans against Cubans.”
The Cuban government, the text continues, has resorted to “terror” against the disagreement and responded “as a dictatorship does”, with “extreme militarization of the streets”, more than 100 activists besieged, arbitrary arrests, forced disappearances, acts of repudiation, violence, threats, coercion and hate speech.
The 15N march, which the government did not authorize, was frustrated 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 Cuban Executive, through the voice of Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez, described this Monday the initiative as a “failed operation” by the United States.
The Cuban authorities withdrew last Saturday, hours before the start of the protests, the accreditations to the journalists and photojournalists of the agency Efe in Cuba without explaining the reasons or clarifying whether it was a temporary or permanent measure.
Hours later the authorities restored them to two of the six journalists of the team, something that the president of the agency Efe, Gabriela Cañas, considers “insufficient” and demands that all be returned. (I)
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