Brothers imprisoned in 11J are transferred from prison in Matanzas

The brothers Robert Michel and Roberto Jesús Marín Fernández, natives of Matanzas andpolitical prisoners of 11J, They were transferred from prison without the authorities informing the family.

Saylí Caridad Fernández Rodríguez, 22-year-old mother of the twins, said that after staying for several months in Combinado Sur, she learned from the mother of another inmate that her children were transferred to Canaleta, a prison near the town of Perico.

"It seems to me, as a mother, that the authorities should inform families about the transfer of loved ones from a penitentiary center (...) and moreover that they are twins, and one of them is quite ill with nerves," she said. the woman toRadio Television Martí.

These young people are serving a seven-year prison sentence for "crime of sedition", for their participation in the peaceful demonstrations of 11J. Since then, both they and the family have gone through a series of problems.

"I haven't heard from them for more than 15 days, there are always problems with the phones, sometimes they are broken and, also, if they couldn't call because they didn't allow it," the woman said.

Since being in prison, Roberto Jesús began to suffer from nerves and needs to take Carbamazepine to avoid suffering from epileptic seizures.

"When he was separated from his brother, he became very ill. Never in his life did my son Roberto Jesús have any episode of an epileptic attack here, at home," he explained.

Likewise, the food in prison has not been good and the quality food they eat is the little that their relatives can collect and bring to them.

Fernández Rodríguez has not had a good time all these years either and worries about her children have taken a toll on her health.

"There is not a day in this life that I stop crying for my children. So, I am very indignant, very suffering, and very sad for all those youth who are imprisoned. I have never been afraid, if I speak now it is because the authorities Cuban authorities have not yet decided this problem," he confessed.

Finally, he criticized the government for depriving Cuban youth of opportunities and then judging them for wanting change in the country, while defending in international forums that Cuba is a country where human rights are respected.

"All those young people are imprisoned because they think differently, because they want a change, because this is not life, neither for them nor for anyone, they did not give those youth any opportunity," he concluded.