Jorge Fernández Era resigns from UNEAC after the expulsion of Alina Bárbara López.

The Cuban writer and journalist Jorge Fernández Era announced his resignation from the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba (UNEAC) following the expulsion of professor and academic Alina Bárbara López Hernández due to her critical stance against the regime.

Fernández Era shared on his Facebook profile a letter addressed to the presidency of the institution, which he categorizes as a paramilitary force in the service of the dictatorship.

According to what she said, regardless of the regime's discontent, Alina Bárbara López Hernández will continue to be one of the most honest and distinguished intellectuals in Cuba.

"Its expulsion adds to such repugnant chapters as the UMAP, the Parametración, the Black Spring, the minister's blow..., which represent nothing other than the literal fulfillment of the exclusionary maxim 'With the Revolution everything, against the Revolution nothing,'" he detailed.

"The 'Revolution' that you honor with such sanctions is the same one defended by the Party that misgoverns us and the henchmen who want to silence uncomfortable voices like Alina's. They brazenly violate rights granted to us by the Constitution..." he added.

The comedian also accused the UNEAC of servilely aligning with the government, which fears debate and controversy, labeling everything that goes against its lies as "counter-revolution."

He clarified that although the expulsion of his friend caused him indignation, it did not surprise him, since in recent years the organization did not lift a finger to address the harassment that Alina and he faced from State Security and the Police. Both have been detained and threatened on more than one occasion, and what UNEAC did was wash its hands of the complaints they filed.

"If they are consistent with the crude pretexts with which they expel Alina, my turn will wait, perhaps for the signature of some official from the Ideological Department of the Central Committee. To spare bureaucrats and subordinates some paperwork, I hereby resign as a member of the Union of Writers and Artists of Cuba. The reasons are clear," he emphasized.

Last week, UNEAC expelled Professor Alina Bárbara López Hernández from its ranks, accusing her of engaging in "activities against the revolution," expressing solidarity with the protests of July 11, and publishing content online against political leaders.

The measure was communicated to her by the provincial board of UNEAC in Matanzas, which prevented López Hernández from accessing a copy of the official document that justified the sanction, something she considered to be "cowardice." She also did not have the opportunity to appeal.

"I would never try to appeal a decision that seems dictated more by State Security agents than by writers and artists," she pointed out.

Alina, who has been arrested and beaten for exercising her civic right to peaceful protest, emphasized that despite her dismissal, she will continue to exercise her right to freedom of expression in Cuba and will maintain her critical stance from outside the organization.