The Cuban scientist and activist Ariel Ruiz Urquiola began a hunger and thirst strike this Monday in front of the Wilson Palace, headquarters of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in Geneva, Switzerland, to demand action in favor of his sister, who was prevented from returning to Cuba.
Omara Ruiz Urquiola traveled to the United States to receive cancer treatment after reporting that on the island they made it difficult for her to access medicine or gave her placebo medicines. On June 25, when he was preparing to board the plane back to CubaHe learned that the regime prohibited his return.
"Mrs. Omara Isabel cannot return home and is left in limbo, geographically separated from her family as was once the case with many other Cubans," her brother explained in a letter that was delivered to that UN office.
A video, recorded by María Montserrat Sadurni Puigbo, recorded the moment the letter was delivered and the beginning of the activist's peaceful protest, to pressure the UN in its response.
"Dr. Urquiola will wait for the time in which his physical body is held on one side of the OHCHR headquarters, which should not exceed two years of waiting for an action, a fair ruling on his case and that of his sister, former university professor Omara Isabel," the letter concludes.
The document reviewsthe different repressive actions that the Cuban authorities have committed over recent years against the Ruiz Urquiola brothers, from the expulsion from the university where they worked, to the threats to withdraw the usufruct lands that they cultivate and have become a source of sustenance for the family.
"Will the Cuban government order the vaunted expropriation of Mrs. Isabel Gliselia's biofarm, its domesticated animals and the genetic diversity of its cultivars? Will the Cuban government order the peasant eviction of Mrs. Isabel Gliselia?" he asked.
Likewise, he explained that the mother of both, at 75 years old, is the person in charge of taking care of the farm and taking care of the animals, at the expense of everything being confiscated or acts of vandalism committed.
"We want to return home, and be reunited with our mother, even if the Cuban government continues to attack us! It is our legitimate right to cast lots with our mother, and fight civically for our rights and freedoms, where is there a crime in this? Can they "See yourself reflected in our mirror, no matter how broken it may be? Help us return home!" he pointed out.
Ariel Ruiz Urquiola has addressed theACNUDH to intercede in matters related to Cuba and during the coronavirus pandemic he asked, along with hundreds of other Cuban citizens, for humanitarian intervention on the island.
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