• Cuba The Cuban rebels maintain the civic march of 15-N despite the government's ban

"We should give people like you a shot. So you know what happens when you oppose the revolution."

Michel Parra

, 20, has detailed to Human Rights Watch (HRW) the nightmare lived in Cuba since the social outbreak of July 11, the day that changed the history of the Castro revolution. Together with his sister

Ana Laura

, 22, they were violently detained for marching peacefully in Matanzas, 100 kilometers from Havana.

In the interrogation room they wanted to beat him for 15 minutes with

punches, batons and kicks in the back, hands, feet, testicles and buttocks

. Michel and Ana Laura were accused of being financed, of even being leaders of the protests. They were insulted with the disqualification of "worm", a cliché that has been used for decades against those who fled the dictatorship to the United States or other countries. At the beginning of August they received house arrest and also paid a fine of 40 dollars.

Michel and Ana Laura were no exception.

A "plan of

systematic repression with arbitrary detentions, mistreatment of detainees and

abusive

criminal proceedings

in response to the protests

was hatched from power,"

HRW has confirmed 100 days after 11-J.

"The Government responded by deploying a brutal strategy of repression aimed at instilling fear among the population and repressing dissent," contributed

Juan Pappier, a

researcher at HRW, who adds cases of gender violence and dozens of prosecutions without guarantees, systematically violating universal law. to a fair trial.

More than a thousand people were arrested during the July operations, of which

500 are still incarcerated

, according to statistics from the Cubalex organization.

In this way, Cuba leads the statistics of political prisoners, ahead of Venezuela (260) and Nicaragua (150).

Despite such brutality, the Cuban rebels maintain their defiance against the revolution: the Government has banned the civic march for the change of November 15, arguing that the socialist system is "irrevocable";

it

has

also

redoubled the harassment and persecution of the organizers.

Testimonies such as that of

Gabriela Zequeira

, 17, confirm the impunity enjoyed by revolutionary agents, whether police, military or paramilitaries from the shock brigades. The minor learned she was in serious trouble after being detained simply for being near one of the demonstrations. She is young and, therefore, suspicious in the Cuba of the old revolution.

"That happens when you protest and you are a counterrevolutionary,"

said the agents who took her into custody.

Gabriela, a minor, was crammed into a cell with 16 adult women. Later they undressed her and forced her to do squats.

"One of the agents ordered her to inspect her own vagina with her finger,"

say the investigators revealed to them by Zequeira, after being sentenced to eight months in jail for "public disorder."

María Cristina Garrido,

39, a member of the Republican Party of Cuba, also suffered the wrath of the agents, who detained her along with her sister as they went to a police station to help some captured friends.

They took her to the San José de las Lajas prison, aimed at people with HIV.

As the days went by, the officials began to beat her on the arms and legs, in addition to waking her up at dawn to shout in favor of

Fidel Castro

and the revolution.

When she refused, she was transferred to a punishment cell with no water, no electricity and no service.

The two sisters, accused of public disorder, contempt, attack and resistance, remain in prison.

"They came out to protest because they had nothing to lose. But the regime has shown them firsthand that they do have a lot to lose. Our conclusion is that

the regime has opted for fear and repression to prevent any other type of demonstration by

instilling the fear. We will see if by the 15-N Cubans will be able to exercise their right to protest or fear will prevail ", concluded José Miguel Vivanco, director for the Americas of HRW.

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