The Chilean lawyer José Miguel Vivanco, executive director of Human Rights Watch for the Americas, once again demanded this Tuesday on Twitter the release of the young CubanLuis Robles Elizastigui, whose only "crime" was to peacefully protest asking for "freedom" and "no+repression."
Robles, 24, displayed a poster on December 4 in a pedestrian street in the center of Havana asking for the release of Denís Solís, accused of the crimes of "enemy propaganda and resistance."
The political prisoner faces a sentence of 1 to 8 years in prison for the crime of "enemy propaganda" and "three months to a year or a fine of one hundred to three hundred installments" for the crime of "resistance," according to Articles 103 and 143 of Law No. 62 in force Penal Code.
His trial, scheduled for July 16, was suspended following the 11J demonstrations. The young Cuban is not affiliated with any opposition organization or related to activism on the island.
Last week,The Cuban authorities denied the change of precautionary measure presented by the defense of the young Cuban, who has presented several health problems in prison.
Vivanco recalled a previous complaint, made on April 17, in which he referred to the case without the Cuban government having responded.
He also referred to the recent complaint that Robles spent 15 days in a punishment cell at the Combinado del Este prison in Havana, where he continues to await trial.
In an audio to which you have had accessCyberCuba, Luis Robles told his brother Landys thatThey had punished him because the prison authorities found him some photos of campaigns that have been made asking for his release.
This is not the first time that the executive director of Human Rights Watch for the Americas has been concerned about the human rights situation in Cuba. For months, Vivanco has used his social networks to denounce the repression in Cuba and the numerous violations of civil rights on the island.
In February, he asked his followers on Twitterspread the song "Patria y Vida" because "it has the Cuban regime very nervous".
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