Fifteen patterns of torture and mistreatment in Cuban prisons

Jonathan Torres Farrat

, under 17 years old, will never forget the welcome he received at the Jovenes de Occidente prison.

Five officers brutally beat him for no apparent reason, the appetizer for the psychological abuse that continues today.

When he was arrested, he was handcuffed and hung from a fence, in a cold room, and later

.

The Prosecutor's Office wants to sentence him to eight years in prison for participating in the July 11 protests, despite the crusade undertaken by his mother,

, one of the most visible faces among the relatives of political prisoners.

The repressive forces of the Cuban government have applied against the young man the 15 systematic patterns of torture, mistreatment and cruel or degrading punishment that the organization Prisoners Defenders (PD) has identified in the report that it has just presented to the United Nations.

A descent into hell against the

, most of them detained after the social uprising last year.

The identified torture manual shreds the propaganda washing machine launched from Havana.

It includes physical attacks, such as those denounced by the Torres Salat family, as well as deprivation of medical care, forced labor, solitary confinement, sleep and food deprivation, threats against families, in addition to humiliation and constant abuse.

The most well-known prisoners also suffer the harassment of the regime, especially the dissident

, 51, leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (Unpacu).

The repressors mix in their siege against Ferrer the usual abuses with new techniques.

"

, to which he now adds an unknown chemical poisoning," states the report, which also denounces that the activist remains in continuous isolation inside a punishment cell that has been conditioned for the new tortures .

"His physical and psychomotor degradation is gradual due to this constant torture aimed at slowly killing him

," complains PD.

Ferrer has stood firm against the constant blackmail of the Castro regime, which has always viewed with fear the popularity achieved by the Unpacu leader, especially in the east of the island.

Against

, sentenced to 10 years in prison, they have also worked hard, so much so that they even forced him to shout cheers in favor of President

.

Knocks on the knees, cold water baths, insults, accusations of being a "slingshot" and "worm" (counterrevolutionary).

These insults are repeated constantly.

"All the time you are humiliated and treated like an animal. All the time you fear for your life or your freedom. They offend you and slander you as a criminal.

," revealed an anonymous prisoner.

Another tool against prisoners, denounced by humanitarian organizations and families,

, foot and handcuffs that damage joints and muscles.

Guards use them violently even in front of judges in court.

The worst version consists of hanging prisoners from the bars of their cell or from the ceiling, leaving them suspended for hours.

With the rack, where

, similar suffering is achieved.

"100 percent of the prisoners are suffering some of these tortures," concludes

, president of the PD.

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