Denis Solís defends activists abroad: "Our fight should not be twisted by colliding with each other"

The Cuban rapperDenis Solis, for whose release a group of young people declared a hunger strike at the headquarters of theSan Isidro Movement (MSI), came out in defense of the activists who decide to go into exile in the face of threats from State Security in Cuba.

“I dare to say that my brothers, like all Cubans who fight for the freedom of Cuba, whether inside or outside, are attributes of the homeland,” Solís said this Saturday in a publication on social networks in which he defended the decisions. taken by the rapperThe Funky and the activistsClaudia Genlui andAnamely Ramos.

Linked to the MSI, these three activists played a prominent role along with other young people inthe pressure exerted by civil society to demand the release of Solís. On hunger strike (and thirst in the case of some) at the MSI headquarters, at 955 Damas Street in the San Isidro neighborhood of Havana, several activists denounced the unjust imprisonment of the rapper and drew the attention of national public opinion and international on his case.

After countless confrontations with authority, harassment, threats, arrests, interrogations and a constant defamation campaign against them, these three activists, like others, made the decision to go into exile with the purpose of continuing and promoting their complaints, and make their activism more effective in favor of human rights and freedom in Cuba.

“They deserve honor and above all support. Because our fight should not be twisted, causing us to collide with each other. Our fight must remain aligned against the dragon that devours an entire people, united without distinction or division, above all with love and respect in the name of the future of our suffering nation, eaten away by socialist cancer," Solís considered in a publication that called unity and criticized those who question the decisions made by these activists.

If we talk so much about Rights, Solís asked, “why do we dismember the right of brothers to make their decisions?” Regarding people who have shown that they risk “for our future, for our security,” the rapper expressed his disagreement with those who reproach them for having decided to go into exile, like so many other “exiled brothers, who also had their reasons for leaving, since that we are all equally suffering [victims] of the same demolishing machine of the PCC.”

“Are we united or are we divided? We are all people. The fight belongs to all Cubans. This is not about prominence or fame, it is about FREEDOM that was taken from us more than 6 decades ago. "Everyone has their own way of fighting, you don't have to be a politician to do it," said the young rapper, expressing solidarity with his colleague El Funky, who received criticism on social networks for his statements upon arriving in the United States.in which he said “not to be a politician”; an expression used to reinforce his message as an artist and citizen committed to the freedom of Cuba.

For Solís, the fact of having gone into exile does not mean leaving aside this commitment, but rather a new way of strengthening it, as did Martí and Varela, who he said “did much more damage to the tyrant colony from exile than from Cuba.” ”.

Remembering the struggle and the example ofMaykel Osorbo, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Esteban Rodriguez, Luis Robles Elizástigui and the rest of the political prisoners, including those from 11J, Solís said goodbye asking for respect for the decisions and activism of those who take the path of exile, not as a means of personal salvation, but as a collective one.

“I hope they reflect and we are rational,” concluded the rapper, asking for empathy and respect for those who undertake this painful path thinking about contributing to a better future for Cuba.

Released on July 11, just the day ofthe historic protests in Cuba, Solís remained in prison for more than nine months for an alleged crime of "contempt" fabricated by State Securityafter verbally confronting a police officer who entered his house without a court order.

"Our brother Denis Solís is now free!" El Funky published on his social networks, breaking the news of his release from prison that surprised those who followed his case and fearedpossible government stratagems to prolong his stay in prison.