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The Cuban regime released Moisés Legrá Díaz this past Tuesday, the young father of a family who had been imprisoned for nearly two months for writing slogans against the ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel on a wall near the Arroyo Naranjo court in Havana.
His mother, Elizabeth Díaz, confirmed the release in an audio message to Martí Noticias: "Yes, that's right. Since a little after two in the afternoon, Moisés has been here at home with the kids."
The reunion was very emotional. "It was exciting because the children started crying a lot, clinging to their dad."
Elizabeth did not provide details about the conditions under which her son was released from jail.
Moisés was not a political activist, he had no criminal record, which made his case another example of the regime's repression against ordinary citizens.
According to the Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and the Press (ICLEP), after his arrest, he was taken to the Villa Marista headquarters, where he remained incommunicado for almost a week. Later, he was allowed a brief family visit under supervision.
He did not deny having made the graffiti, but the authorities were trying to charge him with other offenses and accused him of the alleged crime of propaganda against the constitutional order.
On March 11, he was transferred to Combinado del Este, one of the toughest prisons in the country. According to a complaint made days later by his mother, her son was in a cell with other inmates under overcrowded conditions.
His current release occurs in a context where the pardon of 2,010 inmates as a supposed humanitarian gesture was announced by the Cuban government, although no political prisoners were benefited from this pardon, as reported by human rights organizations.
The organization Prisoners Defenders estimated 1,214 political prisoners in Cuba at the time of Legrá Díaz's arrest, a figure that reflects the extent of the repression exercised by the regime against the civilian population.
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