Pregnant political prisoner denounces mistreatment in prison: "I fear for my life and that of my baby"

Lisdani Rodríguez Isaac, Cuban political prisonersentenced to eight years in prison for protesting against the Cuban government in July 2021 and interned in the "Guajamal" prison, in Santa Clara, province of Villa Clara, denounced in a letter the mistreatment and abuse of power of which he is a victim.

The letter sent by his mother, Bárbara Isaac Rojas, to the news portalCubaNet, reflects the young woman's fear for her life and for the integrity of her pregnancy.

“I want to denounce the mistreatment and abuse of power of the FOI (Internal Order Official) Clara Faute and the superior Nacheli, under the orders of State Security. "They, ignoring my state of pregnancy (10 weeks), the FOI Clara Faute denied me food and told me that she did not care at all about my pregnancy, that her son is at home very well," the young woman wrote to inform of the facts.

In her letter, the young woman denounces the continuous threats and torture to which participants in the July 2021 demonstrations are exposed, by State Security, the body in charge of leading the repressions against Cubans who decide to raise their voice against the regime.

Rodríguez Isaac noted his fear for his life and that of the baby. “That is why I decide to make this public complaint and hold this mentioned person (FOI Clara) and above all State Security responsible for anything that may happen to me and my family,” he states in the letter.

Also, she spoke about the poor conditions that exist in the aforementioned prison to carry out her pregnancy. “I ask for help and thank all those people who support me and who, like me, defend their human rights from this cruel dictatorship,” he cried at the end of his writing.

In January of this year,The young woman's mother reported that her daughter became pregnant during a conjugal visit with her husband, also a political prisoner, and was being coerced into aborting..

“Lisdany and her husband, after years of waiting to have a child, had a meeting in the conjugal pavilion and, to the surprise of both, she became pregnant with a much-desired child. "She is almost seven weeks pregnant," said the prisoner's mother in statements sent to the organization.Prisoners Defenders (PD).

Independent feminist platforms reminded the Cuban regime that it is illegal on the island to force a person to have an abortion, after complaints from Lisdani and his family.