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Andy García victim of torture and mistreatment in Santa Clara prison

The young man was arrested for participating in the 11J protests in Cuba.

Andy García Lorenzo © Cubalex / Twitter
Andy Garcia Lorenzo Photo © Cubalex / Twitter

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Roxana García Lorenzo, sister of political prisoner Andy García Lorenzo, reported that the young man is being a victim of psychological torture, beatings, and mistreatment in the work camp where he is held.

In a Facebook post, Roxana stated that after almost a year and a half of imprisonment for her participation in the popular protests of July 11, 2021 (#11J), the abuse against her 24-year-old brother has not stopped.

The publication adds that on Thursday the young man's father arrived at the penitentiary center to hand over to the officers "a bag of food" for the prisonerWell, he doesn't have a visit for another week.

Last October, Tahirí Lorenzo Prado, the mother of the 11J prisoner, denounced harassment by prison guards against her son during his last hunger strike and warned the repressive forces that she would not allow "one more torture."

"What do you think, that he has immunity, that they can hit Andy like that because they feel like it, that they can drag him around a cell, make him the laughing stock of everyone, with a mattress on top, like he was a dog?" , questioned this visibly affected mother, in a direct message shared on Facebook.

Post by Roxana García en Facebook

Lorenzo related that, during his last hunger strike, Andy was pushed to the floor by his head. and dragged across the floor of a cell by prison guards.

The young man from Santa Clara was sentenced in April to four years of deprivation of liberty for his participation in the anti-government outbreak of July 11, 2021, a sanction that was modified to an open regime on May 31.

However, he was subsequently detained again to be sent to a forced labor camp under internal regime, and then sent back to prison.

They are sister and other relatives They have suffered strong harassment from the Cuban regime because of their complaints on networks.

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