Activist Saily González visits former 11J political prisoner Andy García

The Cuban activistSaily González Velázquez He visited the former political prisoner this MondayAndy Garcia Lorenzo, who turned outreleased last Wednesday after 318 days of unjust imprisonment for demonstrating duringthe historic 11J protests in Cuba.

“This morning when I arrived at the home of recently released 11J political prisoner Andy García Lorenzo, my internet was cut off. These cuts are worth it when the reason is that we were talking about FREEDOM for Cuba,” the activist said on Twitter, sharing a photo with the young Cuban.

Demanding freedom for artistsMaykel Osorbo andLuis Manuel Otero Alcántara, relevant figures of theSan Isidro Movement (MSI) whatThey face trials for their political activism in Cuba, González also demanded the release of allpolitical prisoners of the Cuban regime, a number that has not been determined exactly, but is around a thousand after the 11J protests.

Among those who were detained that day and subsequent ones, the young García Lorenzo was one of the most relevant cases, thanks to the complaints and media pressure exerted by his relatives, brave Cubans who demanded his release both in public and Through social networks.

García Lorenzo, 23, faced a prosecutor's request for seven years of deprivation of liberty and ended up sentenced to four. After his arrest in July 2021, he suffered a beating by a police officer who swollen his hands, as he then reported toCyberCubahis sister, Roxana García Lorenzo.

Held in punishment cells for his unruly behavior, García Lorenzo went on a hunger strike at La Pendiente prison in Santa Clara for 10 days, which compromised his health.

His family demanded his release from the first day and, at the request of the political prisoner, carried outthe humanitarian project 'Help the brave people of 11J', through which funds are raised to send food to other prisoners and support to the families of those with fewer resources.

This Wednesday, García Lorenzo and four other 9/11 protesters were released from prison and sentenced in first instance trials to four years in prison for the crimes of public disorder, contempt, resistance and attack. His release should be understood as a permit or “pass”, pending the outcome of the appeal process of his sentence.

“Freedom for all political prisoners. I left, but I'm going there, brother. I am imprisoned. They're going to pick me up at any moment, I'm not going to stop...The San Isidro movement was the small flame that could not be extinguished…This is Homeland and Life until they come looking for me,” the young protester recently declared in a social media broadcast.

Meanwhile, the Cuban activist Saily GonzálezShe remained under siege in her home by State Security, after learning that the young woman was invited by the United States government to participate in the Summit of the Americas, next June.

“Several police patrols surround my house today to prevent me from leaving,” the young woman said last Saturday on her social networks, sharing images of the operation. “Traveling to participate in the IX Summit of the Americas is a human right that the Cuban government violates,” added the activist who was invited to attend the Summit.

“Cuba has been invited to the IX Summit of the Americas, Bruno Rodríguez Parrilla,only that the guests are those who want democracy and that all the rights of all Cubans be respected. and not those who present, as the only options, Socialism or Death like Miguel Díaz-Canel,” he stated in a Twitter post in which he gave details about the harassment he suffers at the hands of the repressors of the Cuban regime, after learning that was invited to the regional event.

Also the former Cuban political and opposition prisonerGuillermo “Coco” Fariñas met last Friday with García Lorenzo and his family in Santa Clara.

“Firm with the best example of firmness of many generations, Guillermo Fariñas. We remain happy to have him at home and remain firm until we see him COMPLETELY FREE,” wrote the 20-year-old activist and sister of Andy, Roxana García Lorenzo on her Facebook social network account.

In the publication, the young woman shared some photos of Fariñas' visit, who since the trial against the young participant in the social outbreak, has remained by her family's side and even accompanied them at various moments of the irregular criminal process that she faced and from which he has not yet definitively gotten rid of.