Mothers and wives of political prisoners of 11J demand their release from the Cuban regime

Wives and mothers of Cuban political prisoners, convicted for demonstrating duringthe historic 11J protests in Cuba, demanded his release this Sunday.

Through their social networks, the women sent messages against repression and for the release of their relatives imprisoned by the Cuban regime, which sentenced them to long prison terms for exercising their right to demonstrate and free expression.

“Walking for the freedom of our children. Freedom for political prisoners in Cuba. They are innocent. Enough of so much injustice and so much abuse,” they expressed in a videoMarta Perdomo, Layda Yirkis Jacinto andLiset Fonseca.

While walking towards the church of San José de las Lajas, Mayabeque, the three women demanded the release of their children in a message that was spread through the social networks ofAlberto Ortega Fonseca, Cuban activist based in Canada and founder of the Los Mambises civic struggle movement.

BrothersJorge andNadir Martin Perdomo, sons of Martha,were charged with conspiracy, instigation to commit a crime, public disorder, contempt for authorities and spread of epidemic. In an exemplary sentence, the youngThey were sentenced to eight and six years in prison for peacefully protesting on 11J in San José de las Lajas.

Roberto Perez Fonseca, son of Liset, is fulfilling a10 year prison sentence in Quivicán prison for breaking a painting of Fidel Castro during the social outbreak in the province of Mayabeque.

Aníbal Yasiel Palau Jacinto He was arrested along with other young people from Güines in a repressive wave unleashed on July 12, 2021. He was transferred to the Quivicán prisonafter a summary trial in which he was accused of public disorder, robbery with force, attack and spread of epidemics, and he was sentenced to 13 years in prison.

His mother defends her innocence and denounces the injustice committed by the regime against her son and all the 11J protesters who remain behind bars throughout Cuba, a country that was shaken by the spontaneous demonstration that began in San Antonio de los Baños and in a matter of minutes it spread throughout the island, evidencing the rejection of the repressive regime and the massive desire for change in society.

“We will continue to demand their freedom. "They are innocent, we want them free," he stated.Saily Núñez, wife of political prisonerMaikel Puig Bergolla, arrested in Guines after the protests and transferred to the Quivicán prison.

Sentenced to 20 years in prisonafter a 25-year tax petition For the alleged crimes of public disorder, contempt, instigation to commit a crime and attempted murder, Puig Bergolla was 41 years old at the time of his arrest (July 12, 2021) and is one of the dozens of political prisoners facing higher prison sentences to 20 years.

Núñez, Maikel's wife, has been one of the relatives of 11J prisoners who has had the most visibility due to her constant work of denouncing and insisting on her husband's innocence. This Sunday, as on other occasions, the activist has once again demanded her release from inside a Cuban church.

In the same way he didDelanis Alvarez Matos, wife of political prisonerDuniesky Ruiz. From inside a church, Álvarez Matos asked for the release of her husband, detained in Guines after the protests, held incommunicado and sentenced two days later in a summary trial in which the prosecutor's request was eight years and he ended up sentenced to five years in prison. deprivation of liberty, according torecord created by the platformJustice 11J, in which the aforementioned cases are detailed, along with a thousand more victims of repression.

The relatives of thepolitical prisoners of 11J, while they have acquired notoriety for the activism they carry out for their freedom, they are harassed by the Cuban repressive apparatus.

At the end of 2022, the independent organizationCubalex He recalled on International Human Rights Day that more than 600 people remain detained in Cuba for peacefully protesting on 11J.

Of the more than 1,500 arrests that the organization registered during the 11J protests,at least 670 remain behind barssaid the United States-based NGO.