The Cuban regime requested a 10-year prison sentence for the young influencer Sulmira Martínez Pérez, known on social media as Salem, who was imprisoned in January 2023 for her posts on Facebook.
According to the request of the Prosecutor's Office, accessed by Martí Noticias, the 22-year-old woman is accused of inciting Cubans to protest against the regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel through a series of posts on Facebook, in which she called for repeating the peaceful demonstrations of July 11, 2021.
The document details that he is accused of contempt and committing crimes against the constitutional order, which involve a penalty of two years and another of nine years, respectively.
The requested joint penalty is 10 years in prison, along with the accessory penalties of deprivation of rights, forfeiture of assets, and prohibition of leaving the national territory, in accordance with articles 42.1, 52.1, and 59.1 of the Penal Code, as explained by the mentioned outlet.
Martínez Pérez was arrested since January 10, 2023, and despite having no criminal record, has remained in Guatao prison with a "precautionary measure of provisional detention" since then.
Her mother, Norma Pérez, said that her daughter "has been accused of things that are not true, things that are true, but also things that are false," and stated that the young woman "is very angry."
Pérez added that when the trial takes place, the prosecutor will present numerous pieces of evidence, including a statement from the accused obtained "after forcing her to read what was written on a paper" and the results of a search on her phone and in her house in Las Guásimas, in the Havana municipality of Arroyo Naranjo.
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