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By: EFE
Sunday, October 6
They denounce at least a hundred detainees in Cuba during the protest of 15N
At least a hundred people were arbitrarily detained and others 131 prevented from leaving their homes during the peaceful protests of 15 N in Cuba, denounced this the Cuba Decide platform and the Complaints Center of the Foundation for Pan-American Democracy (FDP).
In a statement, both organizations accuse the Cuban Police and the so-called “brigades of quick response ”of being responsible for the“ arbitrary ”arrests and detentions of the protesters.
The Cuba Decide platform and the FDP established since last weekend a “monitoring center” that registered so far at least 100 people arbitrarily detained to prevent them from participating in the demonstration civic action, indicates the statement.
According to the same source, “ some arrests occurred with marked violence “, and cites” the case of the Miranda Leiva brothers. “
Several activists such as Zaqueo Báez, José Daniel Ferrer Cantillo, Berta Soler and Ángel Moya have already been released, while others remain unaccounted for, he adds.
No It is enough for them to give me a warning letter so as not to leave the # 15 N , since today they put a patrol on the corner of the house and they came to tell me that I cannot go out in the next few days, he left quickly when he saw that I was going to record it. # PatriaYVida pic.twitter.com/LynsP7Chvz
– Rafa 🆘🇨🇺 (@rafrsr)
November 14, 2021
By provinces, the highest number of arrests occurred in Havana, with 27 arrests, followed by Ciego de Ávila (east), with 21. The third was Santiago de Cuba, with 14 arrests, according to a graph that accompanies the statement and whose data was updated this afternoon.
The platform also registered at least 100 cases of people prevented from leaving their homes, in at least 14 of the 15 provinces of the country.
In many cases, the statement indicates, rapid response brigades led by the political police carried out acts of repudiation and they remained at the activists’ doors, blocking their way. In others, police patrols directly prevented them from leaving.
“The absolute militarization of Cuba that we are experiencing is unsustainable for the dictatorship. They may delay spring yesterday, but they will not be able to stop it, “said Rosa María Payá, leader of Cuba Decide ,” a citizen initiative to change the system in Cuba towards democracy and the rule of law “, according to its website.
” The Cuban people are determined to recover the homeland and life, from now on every day will be 15 November in Cuba ”, added Payá.
Archipelago, the Cuban dissident collective that called the protest of the 15 N, charged this Tuesday the Government of violating their fundamental rights and proposed to prolong the protests until 27 November.
In a statement issued at dawn to take stock of the day previously, argued that “the causes that motivated the convocation of the 15 N remain in force ”and that the Government “has not understood the message”, so it is committed to insisting.
The march of the 15 N, 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 arrested, others forced to stay at their homes and several denounced rallies of repudiation 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 .
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