The regime in Santiago de Cuba prevented a prisoner from properly bidding farewell to his deceased mother on Monday, turning an intimate moment into an oppressive police blockade.
Journalist Yosmany Mayeta reported on Facebook about the unfortunate incident that took place at a funeral home in Santiago de Cuba, where an inmate was transferred for just 10 minutes to say goodbye to his deceased mother.
According to witnesses, the guards who were overseeing the inmate formed a sort of barrier, blocking access for family and friends who were trying to reach the son to offer their condolences.
One of the people present, who recorded the scene, expressed their outrage by describing how the pain of the imprisoned son was treated with complete insensitivity by the authorities.
"They are three siblings, and one of them is in Mexico. When the one who is abroad tried to call him to share the pain of this loss, as soon as he picked up the phone, the guards almost hit him and took him away; they didn't even let him say goodbye to his mother," the complainant recounted.
The person who made the report shared that the ordeal of bidding farewell to the deceased continued at the cemetery.
The vehicle transporting the body to Santa Ifigenia Cemetery had to wait nearly an hour at the entrance because the driver forgot the transfer permit papers at the funeral home, further prolonging the painful process, Mayeta pointed out.
The journalist described the situation faced by the incarcerated population in Cuba as unfortunate, highlighting that when a family member dies, they are barely granted a few minutes to say goodbye.
"And when there is a cell phone recording or family members on video calls, the prisoner is quickly taken away," Mayeta reported.
Abuses committed by the Cuban regime against inmates and their families are common.
Recently, Cuban political prisoner Lizandra Góngora, sentenced to 14 years for the 11J protests, was able to reunite with her children in prison after three and a half months.
The prisoner had been transferred to a jail in the Isle of Youth, a move that is viewed as a "cruel and ruthless tactic of the Castro regime in retaliation for her political opposition," her brother, Ariel Góngora, reported.
Nelva Ismarays Ortega Tamayo, wife of Cuban dissident José Daniel Ferrer, has not seen her husband since last April.
On Monday, July 29, the leader of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (Unpacu) marked 54 years in the Mar Verde maximum security prison in Santiago de Cuba, but once again the regime did not allow him to see his family, who is demanding proof of life.
In an audio obtained by CiberCuba, Nelva Ortega Tamayo explains that she approached Mar Verde accompanied by José Daniel Ferrer's children, Fátima Victoria and Daniel José, with the intention of seeing her husband and congratulating him. "Unfortunately, once again that right was denied."
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