Cuban woman beaten in Camagüey reported: "The police closed the case"

A serious accusation about gender violence was published on social media by Marisol Peña Cobas, who revealed that her niece was beaten in Camagüey.

According to the account published this Tuesday on Facebook, the attacker, whom she identified as her niece's ex-partner, left the young woman injured, while the police, instead of taking action, decided to close the case without taking any measures against the assailant.

"That's how beaten the women's aggressor left my niece," Peña Cobas wrote, pointing out that the head of the first unit in Camagüey expelled his niece, his son, and his sister from the police station, where they were taking refuge, informing them that the case had been closed.

Peña expressed her indignation not only over police inaction but also by pointing out that the Cuban regime is complicit in the lack of protection in cases of femicide occurring in the country, arguing that this lack of response is the reason why so many women are murdered by their partners.

In a previous post, Peña shared a video where the niece explained that her niece's attacker was captured; however, she reported that the police only imposed a fine of 500 pesos and a restraining order, which she was forced to sign.

She emphasized that she did not agree with that measure, as she did not feel protected from the aggressor, who would only go to jail if she stabbed a member of her family.

Additionally, she reported that the police, unable to protect the young woman in her home, decided to keep her and her child at the PNR unit as a safety measure, where they lived in inhumane conditions before being expelled after the case was closed: "They haven't gone to look for the aggressor."

In another video, Peña explained that his niece's ex-partner assaulted her with a knife, and he shared all the inaction of the regime in capturing the aggressor.

This incident reveals the concerning situation of gender-based violence in Cuba and the lack of effective measures by the authorities in response to these cases.

In last August, feminist platforms raised the number of femicides for the year to 34 by verifying the deaths of Saimy Hernández, in the province of Mayabeque; and Linda Nay Flores Vargas, whose body was discovered in a landfill in Havana.

Saimy Hernández, around 40 years old and mother of several children, was killed by her partner on August 13 in a public space in the town of Güines, in Mayabeque.

In the case of Linda Nay Flores Vargas, 34 years old, her body was discovered in a landfill in Havana on July 12.

However, the number will rise even further as just a few days ago, the young Cuban Arianni Céspedes (January 7, 1989) was murdered in her home in the Alejo neighborhood, in the town of Aguacate, Palma Soriano municipality, in Santiago de Cuba.

Sources close to the victim have told CiberCuba that she was stabbed at home by her ex-partner.

Recently, the Federation of Cuban Women (FMC) had to acknowledge that nearly 10,000 families and more than 16,000 women and girls are living in situations of violence in the country.

In statements to the official newspaper Granma, Teresa Amarelle Boué, the general secretary of the FMC, made this statement while identifying 9,579 families under that situation and mentioned that they seek to strengthen the mechanisms for attention and detection of cases.