Relatives demand release of the political prisoners of 11J in Cuba

Relatives of Cuban political prisoners gathered on Friday to express their pain and demand the release of the protesters from the so-called11J on the island.

The meeting brought together mothers, fathers, wives and husbands of some young people imprisoned for protesting on July 11 and 12, 2021 in Havana, Mayabeque and Artemisa.

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The mother of Roberto Pérez Fonseca, sentenced to 10 years, demanded the release of the political prisoners during the meeting and said that this will be a black Christmas for Cuban families.

In addition,Marta Perdomo Benítez and her husband, the parents of brothers Jorge and Nadir Martín Perdomo, said that they were not celebrating, but "together in this great sadness that we have in a black Christmas without our children."

The wife ofNadir Martin Perdomo He also stated that they have unbearable pain in two and a half years of injustice.

Saily Núñez, wife of Maykel Puig Bergolla, sentenced to 12 years for the events of July 11, asked the regime to release prisoners of conscience.

Laida Vázquez Jacinto, mother of young Yaciel Palau Jacinto, sentenced to five years in Mayabeque, joined the claim and said that her son is kidnapped by the dictatorship. "We are united not to celebrate but to share the pain that two and a half years later we continue to feel," she stressed.

The mother of Denis Hernández Lamir also demanded the release of the convicted protester, as well as the mother of Rosajanis Millo Espinosa, 27 years old and sentenced to six years.

Caridad Magdalena Castro Ruiz, mother of Kevin Daniel Frómeta Castro, sentenced to five years of correctional work with confinement, assured that the families are united in pain.

Finally, Luis Rodríguez, husband of Angélica Garrido, brother-in-law of María Cristina Garrido and brother of Lisandra Góngora, demanded the release of the three political prisoners and mothers who have been separated from their children.

"They are cold in there, we are here giving ourselves warmth, so that our heat reaches them," said Rodríguez.

The Prisoners Defender organization reported this Saturday that there are 1,062 political prisoners in Cuba, most of them protesters of the 9/11 anti-government protests.

Among the prisoners there are 34 minors, 121 women, and 223 9/11 protesters imprisoned for the crime of "sedition."