Protests continue in Santiago de Cuba for the release of detainees

Several reports on social networks indicate thatprotests continue in Santiago de Cuba to demand that the Cubans detained in the demonstrations this Sunday be released.

"Hetown of El Cobre is holding a demonstration in front of the police station, demandingFreedom for Cuba and for the young people who were imprisoned yesterday. It's happening right now. I lived in El Cobre, I have my whole family there," said user Indira Solís on Facebook.

JournalistMario J. Penton also published a video of the currentprotests in El Cobre, Santiago de Cuba.

"There are hundreds of people demanding the release of detainees on Sunday in the demonstrations," Pentón reiterated on his social networks.

Theprotests in Santiago de Cuba They began on Sunday afternoon, on the central Carretera del Morro Avenue and 9th Street in Veguita de Galo.

Subsequently, the riots spread to the town ofCopper, Where is heSanctuary of the Virgin of Charity, Patroness of Cuba.

This was the scene of another protest a few days ago, when the opponentRamon Jesus Velazquez Toranzo He stood in the Sanctuary with his family and invited Cubans to fight for human rights and the freedom of the island.

Velázquez Toranzo was detained by State Security. Itforcibly removed from the Sanctuary, in his underwear and since then he has been imprisoned in a prison in the country that has not yet been confirmed, but could be Villa Marista, in Havana.

The people of Santiago are asking for proof of life of the opponent in the demonstrationJose Daniel Ferrer, since there are rumors in the streets that the regime has murdered him in the maximum security prison where he has been held since July 11, 2021, when the historic demonstrations took place in Cuba.