They grant conditional release to one of the members of Clandestinos

The political prisonerJorge Ernesto Pérez García, a member of the dissident group Clandestinos, received conditional release after an ordeal in prison.

After more than four years behind bars, in what has been a period marked by adversity and illness, the member of theClandestinos collective He received conditional release in a ruling issued by the Provincial Court of Havana.

Pérez García had been sentenced for crimes that the Cuban government classifies as "defamation of institutions, organizations and heroes and martyrs." He was also tried for an alleged case of drug trafficking.

Pérez García's prison tour ended on March 15, although his sentence officially ends on July 13.

His arrest was in January 2020 due to the actions of Clandestinos, a group that challenged the regime by pouring red paint on national symbols and icons such as the busts of José Martí.

Next toPanther Rodríguez Baron andYoel Prieto Tamayo, sentenced respectively to 15 and 9 years in prison, Pérez García was part of actions that stood out in the field of Cuban activism.

In conversation with14 intervene, Pérez García revealed the horrors of his captivity. He went through the Combinado del Este, Cuba's main penitentiary center, and through forced labor camps such as the CETEM, in which he was even infected with covid-19.

These regime facilities are characterized by inaccessibility to medical treatments and inhumane conditions, which deteriorated their health, resulting in tendonitis and knee damage.

In a desperate attempt for his release, the Cuban prisoner began ahunger strike, but had to abandon her due to her delicate condition. Pérez García denounced the lack of medical care in Cuban prisons, a reality that he assured transcends his personal case and affects all inmates.

Now, fragile but at home, he is trying to rebuild his life and integrity, he said, dealing with the consequences of his time in captivity and adapting to an environment that, for him and for the Clandestinos, represents a battlefield in the fight for freedom. freedom of expression in Cuba.