At least a hundred repressive actions are recorded within the framework of the third anniversary of July 11th.

Independent journalists, activists, opposition members, and relatives of political prisoners are at the center of the repression exerted by the Cuban regime and carried out by State Security.

Represión en Cuba 11 de julio de 2024 © Facebook/Leticia Ramos Herreria y ICLEP
Repression in Cuba July 11, 2024Photo © Facebook/Leticia Ramos Herreria and ICLEP

The Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) and the independent legal platform Cubalex have identified, on the occasion of the third anniversary of the historic protests of July 11, more than a hundred repressive actions against dissidents, opponents, and relatives of political prisoners on the island.

Cubalex, in an extensive thread published on the social media platform X, documents several of the complaints received about the repression against activists, opponents, independent journalists, and families who suffer the imprisonment of their loved ones simply for their dissent.

The legal platform is recording acts of intimidation that have been happening since the end of June, as a warning from the State Security, the main repressive organ of the regime, regarding the arrival of July 11th.

Days before commemorating the third anniversary of the historic protests of July 11th and 12th in Cuba, activists and journalists face harassment and repression from State Security," they wrote in the preamble to their thread that collects the complaints of José Luis Tan Estrada, Raymar Aguado Hernández, Alejandro Garlobo, Yunia Figueredo, Yoani Sánchez, Reinaldo Escobar, Yamilka Lafitta, the well-known Lara Croffs on social media, members of the Ladies in White, Guillermo "Coco" Fariñas, among many other Cubans who are being censored and repressed.

On their part, the OCDH wrote on the same social network that "since Monday, we have been receiving reports from activists and relatives of prisoners who are being monitored by the political police from the vicinity of their homes."

Among those listed were Wilber Aguilar, father of political prisoner Walnier Luis Aguilar; Nelvis Rodríguez, wife of Yeriel Cruz; and Delanis Álvarez, wife of Duniesky Ruiz.

The organization itself also mentioned that they have documented at least a hundred repressive actions. In addition, there was a partial internet outage on Wednesday, July 10 for 24 hours.

From the massive protests that took place between July 11th and 12th in various Cuban localities, shouting "Homeland and Life," "Freedom," and "Down with communism," there are still 600 detainees out of the 1,500 arrested. Among them are the leaders of the San Isidro Movement, Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Osorbo, and of Unpacu, José Daniel Ferrer.

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