Cuban opposition activist Julio César Góngora, who was a target of harassment and threats from State Security in Cuba, arrived in the city of Miami on Wednesday via a humanitarian visa.
Cuban activist Julio César Góngora arrives in Miami with a humanitarian visa, posted on social media by journalist Rolando Nápoles.
According to Naples, the opponent is in the United States "to attend to an open wound that, according to him, he reported, the regime refused to operate."
Last April, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) decided to grant precautionary measures to Góngora because "his rights to life and personal integrity are at serious risk," reported the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) on the social network X.
On that occasion, the OCDH requested "support from the American authorities in a humanitarian effort on behalf of the activist".
Góngora, originally from Pinar del Río, in 2023 was threatened by the Cuban State Security with starting a criminal process against him in retaliation for his constant criticisms of the Castro regime.
The OCDH (Human Rights Observatory for Democracy in Honduras) posted on social network X that the activist and human rights defender "was interrogated at his own home by henchmen of the dictatorship. They threaten him with opening a legal process accusing him of contempt and incitement to commit crimes."