At least eleven Cuban protesters who took part in the demonstrations that took place on May 28th in Juraguá, Cienfuegos, were detained by the repressive forces of the regime.
The authorities imposed a bail of 200,000 Cuban pesos and charged them with alleged crimes of 'public disorder', 'contempt', or 'assault', as reported on social media by the non-governmental organization Justicia 11J.
"In the context of the protest, at least 10 people were detained at the Provincial Unit of Criminal Investigation and Operations (UPICO), the State Security Investigation Unit, and the First Station of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR)," the organization stated.
Based on the information received from neighbors, friends, and family members of the detainees, Justicia 11J compiled a list with the identification of the eleven detainees and the alleged crimes they are accused of.
The detainees identified so far are:
- IlianetColumbié Ramírezaccused of public disorder
- Maikel Ojeda RodríguezAccused of contempt.
- Adrián Morales OjedaAccused of contempt.
- Osmani Paz HernándezAccused of public disorder.
- Damián Velázquez Hernándezaccused of assault for an altercation with a police officer.
- Jorge Luis Najarro HernándezTranslate the following text to English: yYasniel Najarro HernándezBrothers accused of public disorder.
- Erich González LimaJournalist who worked in radio in Cienfuegos.
- Alberto Donald Serpa(alias Albertico, accused of public disorder).
- Norway CubaAccused of public disorder.
- Maykel GarcíaAccused of public disorder, he was released after posting bail.
Likewise, the NGO highlighted the cases of Emilio Vladimir Cobas Pérez and Anoidis Vázquez Montes de Oca, who "were identified after the day of the events, were called in for questioning, and made to sign a warning statement each."
Independent media outlets report the persecution of residents to prevent the events from being known. The organization created by Cuban activists following the repression unleashed by the totalitarian regime after the historic and massive protests on July 11, 2021 (11J) urged the regime to stop censorship and criminalization of protests.
Known for its meticulous work on documenting and archiving those repressed by the Cuban regime following the events of July 11 and 12, 2021, Justicia 11J has been compiling databases with cases of Cubans who have been detained, tried, and imprisoned for exercising their right to protest.
In the same way, it has focused its efforts on bringing visibility to the victims and families of this repression, classified by many experts as "state terrorism" and characterized by the submission of all the powers and institutions of the country to the dictates of the totalitarian regime.
This Tuesday, Justicia 11J also reported that "the regime's institutions and media have not informed about what happened in the community near the ruins of the Nuclear Power Plant in Cienfuegos", which is why they requested "help from relatives, friends, and the general public to obtain details and images of the protest events and repression victims in Cienfuegos and other similar incidents in Cuba".
What happened on May 28 in Cienfuegos?
In the middle of that Tuesday night, and after weeks of intense blackouts in Cienfuegos, dozens of residents of that city took to the streets to protest, sounding their pots and pans and chanting and shouting "freedom".
Videos shared on social media showed a crowd of people from Cienfuegos in the streets protesting against the government and demanding the restoration of the electric service.
Cries of "freedom" and "turn on the power" were heard during the protest, while others improvised a conga with sounds of pots and chants of "hey, police you suck...".
The first peaceful demonstrations were reported in Juraguá, a community located near the ruins of the Electronuclear Central (CEN) in Cienfuegos. This area is far from the city center, but the government immediately deployed numerous black beret agents there to stop the protest.
Additionally, that same night there were pot-banging protests in other neighborhoods in the urban center of Cienfuegos, such as in the Tulipán district and in Reina.
Days before, Justicia 11J documented the protests that took place in the province of Las Tunas on May 10. That day, during the night, a crowd of neighbors took to the streets to protest with pots and pans, fed up with the power outages that lasted up to 18 hours in some areas of the country.
From the Facebook page "Justicia 11J," they reported the demonstration, including a video showing people banging on the cauldrons. "At Justicia 11J, we have learned of a protest last night in Las Tunas. Our sources inform us that patrol cars were seen intimidating the protesters," they warned from that Facebook profile.
At the same time, the organization urged international organizations to focus on Cuba, in the face of "a possible new wave of protests."
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