Son of Professor Pedro Albert denounces serious situation of his father in prison.

Pedro Antonio Albert, son of Cuban political prisoner Pedro Albert Sánchez, denounced this Sunday that the regime of the island is letting his father die by denying him access to medical care and medication at correctional facility 1580, in Havana.

From the Facebook social network, the descendant of the inmate, who is serving a five-year sentence for his participation in the protests on July 11, 2021, expressed his discontent over the lack of attention to his father, just on a day marked by the celebration of Father's Day, "on which we should be with family."

Pedro Antonio decided to "file a formal complaint" so the world may know that the political prisoner interned in prison 1580 in San Miguel del Padrón is a victim of the State Security's decision to murder him, "denying him any kind of medical attention and the medications he needs due to his delicate health condition from all the torture and mistreatment he has received there."

Likewise, he referred to the poor conditions of the prison institution, which jeopardize the inmate's health, worsened by the hunger strikes he has carried out.

With the family's effort, the medicines my brother needed were obtained. He was at the prison last weekend trying to deliver them; they refused at first, started making excuses, had an argument with them, managed to leave them at last. However, to this day, we know that my dad has not received even one pill, and not a single doctor has gone to see him," he denounced.

Likewise, he explained that the teacher, who is over six decades old, cannot easily feed himself and requests medical attention, but his plea is not being heard. "They are trying to kill him, let him die."

And he added: "If the Cuban regime, which currently has more than a thousand political prisoners, thinks that by being complicit in letting my dad die they will eliminate his ideology and everything he stands for, they should know that the same convictions my father held, are my convictions as well, and those of millions of Cubans who long for a prosperous, free Cuba, where true democracy and real justice exist."

In his words, he warned that "justice will take care of you when the time comes, and believe me, it is not very far, it is just a few blackouts away," while expressing his family's full support for whatever decision his father makes.

"What we feel for him is deep respect and admiration. I have a lot of faith that our moment of justice will come, just like the rest of the families who, like mine, suffer," he said before endorsing the slogan "Homeland and Life."

The mistreatment of political prisoners in Cuban prisons has become a recurring issue in recent months, as is the case of Cuban activist Ángel Cuza Alfonso, who denounced this week the poor nutrition that inmates at the Combinado del Este prison in Havana receive.

Cuza is included in the list of 1,062 political prisoners registered in Cuba, according to data from the NGO Prisoners Defenders, which in November 2023 published a study on its website, indicating the existence of 28 minors serving sentences.

One month ago, Yoanky Báez Albornoz, sentenced to 14 years of imprisonment after his participation in the July 11 protests, was beaten by officers at the Combinado del Este, reported one of his fellow inmates.

In an audio published on Facebook by human rights activist Ángel Moya Acosta, inmate Ángel Castro Cabrera recounted that around 7:20 a.m. on May 14th, Báez was a victim of repression by the uniformed officers identified as Bryan and Jancarlos, at the penitentiary located in Havana.

The prisoner -belonging to company 1301- exposed Báez's situation and referred to the officials of the Ministry of the Interior as "abusers and torturers," one of the repressive organs of the Castro dictatorship.

Given this situation, Daimy Albornoz Rodríguez, the condemned man's mother, explained to Martí Noticias that the assault took place on the day when it was her son's company's turn to go out to the courtyard for some sun, and that even one of the prison guards could be tried in a Military Court.