The Cuban political prisoner Luis Robles He has returned to a punishment cell at the Combinado del Este prison in Havana, where he continues to await trial for peacefully demonstrating.on December 4 on San Rafael Boulevard, calling for the release of Denis Solís and the end of repression in Cuba.
In an audio to which you have had access CyberCuba, Luis Robles tells his brother Landys that they locked him in the punishment cell because they found some photos of him. It refers to images of campaigns that have been made calling for his release.
"Calm down. I was in the cell for fifteen days. I'm a little weak because I'm soiling (defecating) blood. My pressure got out of control up there. What I've done is rest to see if my body gains its strength again," he says.
Furthermore, he adds that he was seen by a doctor who told him that he was going to make a referral to a hospital outside the prison for a check-up, but that check-up has never arrived.
Luis Robles also comments in the audio that they have threatened him in prison with imprisoning his brother. "I'm worried about you. It's difficult. A very difficult season. They have threatened to put you in prison," he explains to Landys.
It is not the first time that the 28-year-old, who does not belong to any political association in Cuba, has been locked up in aEastern Combination punishment cell.
Already in March of this year, his family reported that he had ended that first "punishment" with an allergy that had broken his skin, to the point that the sheets were sticking to his body.
On that occasion he was punished for "writing something." Now, for some photos. On several occasions, Cuban lawyers have denounced that the prison authorities of the ruling Communist Party of CubaThey do not respect the Mandela rules, which establish a minimum agreement for respect for the dignity of people in prison.
In the conversation to which this newspaper has had access, Luis Robles and his brother also talk about the fact that the "jabas" or the food that the families bring to the prisoners, are uploaded every 26 days and not every 23 as had been happening until now. The last time, this July 29, the young man's relatives had to "do magic" because they were notified only three days in advance.
Landys also informed Luis Robles that his father had Covid-19, in serious condition, and that he is now feeling a little better.
"My mother is very worried about the whole situation of my father and yours," says Landys, who also gave hope to his brother by explaining that efforts are still being made to obtain his release.
Four measurement change requests
Luis Robles' lawyer has already requested a change of measure four times. In this way, he hopes that the Cuban authorities allow him to wait for the trial at home.
The last time they requested the change of measure was on August 2, after the president of the Superior Court of Justice of Cuba said that demonstrating is not a crime in Cuba but a constitutional right.
They also asked for it when the Cuban rulerMiguel Díaz-Canel said that in Cuba no one is reprimanded for demonstrating peacefully.
Even Luis Robles himself believed that this statement from Raúl Castro's successor would help him get out of jail. But it was not like that. His defense requested his freedom based on those words and they denied him the change of measure.
"I'm crazy to get out of this," says Luis Robles.
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