They call for a march in Toronto for the first anniversary of 11J

Cuban civil society activists in exile called for a march in Toronto, Canada, in memory of the first anniversary of the demonstrations that took to the streets duringthe historic protests of July 11 in Cuba.

“March for the first anniversary of 11J. Here in Toronto we will march on July 10 for freedom for political prisoners and each one will represent a political prisoner,” Cuban activist Ismary Bacallao announced via Twitter.

The call was accompanied by a video in which the activist expressed solidarity with the situation of the Cuban rapper.Carlos Ernesto Díaz González, identified on social networks asActive Dissident, who has been in prison sinceprotested at the end of April on the Boulevard de Sant Rafael, In the Habana.

"He who is a communist should be, but he who is not must be respected," said the rapper perched on a wall next to a playground on the central Boulevard. "Freedom for the Cuban people, release of all political prisoners: 1,124 political prisoners! I'm going to be number 1,125," said Díaz González while he was heard and filmed by a group of people.

In a gesture of protest that recalled the protagonist by the young CubanLuis Robles Elizástegui On the same Havana street, the rapper called for the end of repression in Cuba and theliberation of all prisoners of conscience of the Cuban regime.

“This 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 does not have to be bloodshed, but they have to let us participate in the political life of the country,” claimed Ktivo Dissident.

"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," added the activist.

Before taking to the streets to protest peacefully, the rapper said on his social networks that "without the crucial libertarian wave we would be nothing more than new victims of these executioners who at all costs tried to criminalize and manipulate before public opinion the legitimate reasons for our social struggle

“Don't be afraid. If they already have a thousand innocent prisoners, let's give them five thousand more," Ktivo Dissident called for losing the fear of repression and promoting peaceful demonstrations as a form of protest against the regime and demanding change in Cuba.

The Cuban's brave civic gesture earned him his immediate arrest by the State Security repressors and his disappearance for a few hours, which was reported on social networks as “unknown whereabouts” after an “arbitrary detention.”

"Ktivo Dissident is the brave one who protested this morning on San Rafael Boulevard demanding freedom for political prisoners and participation of all Cubans in the political life of the country. At this time nothing is known about him. In the video it was seen how a State Security agent dressed in civilian clothes orders those who were recording to turn off their cell phones and to 'get on the patrol' to anyone who 'gets annoying,'" explained the young influencer.Saily Gonzalez.

For his part, the Villa Clara nativePedro Lopez, relative of the political prisoner of July 11Andy Garcia Lorenzo, also questioned the detention of the opponent and recalled that he did not vandalize or attack the "sacred and always correct forces of "order" in Cuba", while calling for his immediate release. "What he did is completely legal, protected by your Constitution, not mine, and yet you violate it with impunity. FREEDOM NOW," he demanded.

Cuban activists for democracy and human rights exiled in Canada are one of the most active civil society groups in recent times. Their denunciations of the business of companies from this country in Cuba, the sale of products from companies controlled by the regime's military or the official promotion of tourism in Cuba have achieved great visibility and impact.

In one of its most recent actions, at the end of March,The activists demanded that the Sherritt company cancel its business with the regime, in the midst of a growing mobilization of Cuban civil society to demand that foreign businessmen not be complicit in the one-party military dictatorship that represses and starves the people of Cuba.