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The Cuban political prisoner Alexander Mario Fábregas Milanés has been confined in a punishment cell at the El Pre Provincial Prison in Santa Clara for 69 days today, as retaliation for demanding urgent medical attention for another political prisoner.
The exiled Cuban activist Tania Tasé denounced the case this Sunday from Berlin on Facebook and pointed out that it is Fábregas's mother, Luisa María Milanés Valdés, who keeps track of each passing day. "She is the one who counts every hour, every day, every week, and every month. It is she who cannot sleep, who barely eats, who is sick with worry and anger due to this injustice."
It all began when Fábregas reported the serious situation of Gregorio Rafael Acuña, a diabetic political prisoner who developed gangrene without receiving proper treatment. Following Alexander's protest, Acuña was finally operated on, but the intervention came too late: part of his foot was amputated, and his condition remains delicate. He remains hospitalized and may face another surgery.
"He's alive thanks to Alex," claim those who have followed the case.
The response from the prison authorities was immediate. According to the complaint, Fábregas had a confrontation with a prison officer, after which he was sent to a punishment cell, where he has been kept for over two months under extreme conditions.
The accusations also target several officials in the penitentiary system in Villa Clara, identified as direct responsible for the measures and the conditions within the prison. Meanwhile, other reports raise concerns about the critical health situation of inmates like Yanquiel Villavicencio Balmaseda, who was recently transferred to a maximum-security prison despite suffering from multiple chronic illnesses without adequate treatment.
Alexander Fábregas is serving a seven-year prison sentence for broadcasting on social media, with charges that include propaganda against the constitutional order. Today, his name resonates once again, not for what he did then, but for what he has done inside the prison: raising his voice for another.
The young man is one of the thousands of political prisoners whose existence the regime denies. His case, however, has begun to gain significant attention for a chilling reason: he was punished for demanding urgent medical care for another inmate.
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