The Cuban political prisonerLuis Robles He was locked up again this Tuesdayin a punishment cell at the Combinado del Este prison (Havana) for the fifth time in eight months, according to what was reported to CyberCubarelatives of the young man who on December 4, 2020He protested with a sign on San Rafael Boulevard, calling for freedom for Denis Solís and an end to repression in Cuba.
Robles was punished for fifteen days in July. In fact, he did not communicate with his family from July 4 to 29 and this Tuesday, the 10th, he returned to the dreaded Combinado punishment cell for reasons unknown until now.
His relatives received a call from an inmate who contacted them to inform them that Luis Robles was put back in the punishment cell, but that person could not explain what caused the confinement this time.
It is the fifth time since entering prison that the 28-year-old has been punished at the Combinado del Este. The last time they locked him up because they found a photo of him from the international campaigns calling for his release.
The fifth punishment to which Luis Robles is subjected comes the same day thatCyberCuba made the audio publicof the conversation that Robles had with his brother Landys this weekend, in which the political prisoner comments that he is defecating with blood, that he suffers from hypertension; that he has been seen by a doctor; that they have promised to give him a check-up that does not arrive and that State Security has threatened to arrest his brother.
In that conversation, Robles learned that his father had been seriously ill with coronavirus andthat his lawyer has requested a change of measure for the fourth time,to ensure that he waits for the trial in freedom and not in provisional prison.
To request it, Robles' defense relied on statements that the president of the Superior Court of Justice of Cuba, Rubén Remigio Ferro, made in front of the foreign press, recognizing that demonstrating is not a crime on the Island but a constitutional right.
Shortly before presenting this claim, the lawyer hired by the family of Luis Robles had filed another request, but based on the statements of the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canelwho assured on Cuban Television that peaceful protesters are not repressed in Cuba.
The negative response from the Cuban courts did not take long to arrive. However, Robles was confident that his case merited immediate release, taking into account that there are explicit images of his peaceful demonstration.
He was aware of what he was facing when he went out to protest in Havana. Three days before standing on San Rafael Boulevard with a sign calling for an end to repression,Robles recorded a video acknowledging that he knew what the repressive machinery of the Cuban Communist Party is capable of.
"Here, if you demonstrate, they will take your life on board," he said.
This video includes the political argument of Robles, who had internalized that the communists "want to rule even what we think."
He was clear: the Cuban communist system "is a destroyer of people and souls."
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