The government responded with a “extreme militarization of the streets, more than 100 activists besieged, arbitrary arrests, enforced disappearances, acts of repudiation, violence, threats, coercion and hate speech, “says a statement sent to AFP by Archipelago, the political debate group that organized the frustrated demonstration on Monday, November 15.
The group, with 30,000 members inside and outside of Cuba, had called for a march for the release of political prisoners, for citizens’ rights and democracy, despite the fact that the authorities prohibited that protest and warned of criminal sanctions.
“The resurgence of repression against citizens and peaceful protesters is not and will not be accepted,” says the statement, which calls for the demonstration to be extended until November 27 (27N).
As part of the actions, Archipelago asks its followers wear white and use white roses as emblems, make individual videos and participate in a “cacerolazo” at night.
On Monday, at least the moderate-line opponent was arrested Manuel Cuesta Morua; the leader of the dissident movement Ladies in White, Berta Soler, and her husband, the political express Angel Moya; as well as the historian Carolina Barrero placeholder image, who had been prevented from leaving her home for 200 days.
Another dissident, Guillermo Fariñas, has been detained since Friday.
The house of the founder of Archipelago, the playwright Yunior Garcia, 39, was still under police custody on Monday, after being prevented from making a solo march through Havana on Sunday.
Until this Tuesday there were no messages from him on social networks, nor had the press been able to contact him.
November 27 marks the first anniversary of the sit-in of more than 300 young artists in front of the Cuban Ministry of Culture, demanding freedom of expression.
The call for 15N arose after the historic demonstrations that erupted spontaneously on July 11 shouting “Freedom” and “We are hungry” throughout Cuba, with one death, dozens injured and 1,270 detainees, of which 658 are still in jail, according to the human rights NGO Cubalex.
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