The Cuban opponent Carlos Ernesto Díaz González, identified on social networks as Ktivo Dissident, demanded this Thursday morning in the middle of San Rafael Boulevard, in Central Havana, that the regime let citizens participate in the political life of the country whoever whatever ideological position is defended, and called for the release of all political prisoners in Cuba.
"Freedom for the Cuban people, release of all political prisoners. 1,124 political prisoners. I am going to be the 1,125"said Díaz González while he was heard and filmed by a group of people.
“That has to stop, it has to stop and we have to stop it, with civility, civil society.There doesn't have to be violence. There must be no bloodshed, but they must let us participate in the political life of the country. "He who is a communist should be, but he who is not must be respected."said the opponent perched on a wall next to a playground on the aforementioned Boulevard, in the vicinity of the former Royal Palm hotel, now converted into a multi-family building.
"How long will the lack of respect last?All Cubans have the right to participate in the political life of the country, whether they are communists or not. If you want Fidel to live, well, let Fidel live, that is your problem. "I don't want to be a communist," the man added.
"Until how many? "Right now they park four or five shit-eaters there to do acts of repudiation, against a Cuban who is spreading his word.", She complained.
Not only did the opponent not receive visible support from those who were listening or recording him, but - quite the contrary - he received shouts of "Shut up!", "Brazen!" or "Lie!", to which he responded on several occasions.
"This will continue to be the case until we put ourselves as we have to and demand what we have to demand, because it is our turn, because we have the right to have rights.", he said at another time.
Once a police patrol arrived at the scene, they demanded that those who were recording turn off their phones or leave the area as soon as possible, under threat of jail.
"This happened on San Rafael Boulevard in Havana, Cuba. I recorded it today, April 28, 2022 at 8:47 AM. When I turned off the cell phone, the man took it down and took it away in a car. I don't know more of this sad story," wrote YouTuber Camila Carballo, who shared the images on her YouTube channel.
In a publication on April 26,Ktivo Dissident called for citizen participation in demonstrations against the Government.
"Without the crucial libertarian wave we would be nothing more than new victims of these executioners who at all costs would try to criminalize and manipulate before public opinion the legitimate reasons for our social struggle [...] Do not be afraid. If they already have a thousand innocent prisoners, Let's give them five thousand more," he wrote on Facebook.
Reports from activists on social networks claim that after his public demonstration this morning on San Rafael Boulevard, his whereabouts are unknown.
"Where is Ktivo Dissident? We all saw him demonstrate asking only#FreedomForPoliticalPrisoners and that non-communists can participate in the political life of the country. "That's not a crime.", activist Saily González wrote on Facebook.
On December 4, 2020, San Rafael Boulevard was the scene of a solo protest carried out by the young Luis Robles Elizástigui who demonstrated with a sign demanding the end of repression and the release of Denis Solís, a rapper who had been imprisoned after a summary trial less than a month earlier.
The 29-year-old young man, declared a prisoner of conscience by the NGO Prisoners Defenders in January 2021, wassentenced to five years in prisonat the end of March of this year. During his confinement in the Combinado del Este, Robles has suffered repeated isolation in punishment cells, humiliation and violence, in addition to being denied changes of measure on up to four occasions.
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