The activist Aylín Sardiña Fernández reported this Thursday, via her Facebook account, that she received an official summons from the Ministry of the Interior to appear this Friday, August 28, at 1:00 pm at the 6th Station of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) in the municipality of Marianao, in Havana.
The document cites an "interview" as the reason and warns that failing to appear may result in a charge of disobedience, with a fine ranging from 100 to 300 units.
Sardiña assures that the citation comes after several days of systematic harassment against his family. "After several days of harassment of my family (my mom and my brother), as well as my father in Los Arabos, I received this citation," he wrote in his post.
The activist was emphatic in rejecting any justification for the persecution: "I have not committed any crime. Neither my family nor I deserve to be harassed by State Security simply for thinking differently."
In his complaint, Sardiña also contrasted the regime's priorities with the security crisis faced by the population. He noted that he had just returned from Colón, in Matanzas, "where it is almost unsafe to go out due to the violence and crime that prevail there, which is not a priority for the authorities in this country. The priority is anyone who does not agree with their ideals."
That description matches a documented reality: a deadly shooting outside a bar in Colón occurred on July 23rd, and Matanzas led the country in crime rates in 2025 with 503 verified offenses according to the Cuban Citizen Audit Observatory.
The 6th Station of the PNR in Marianao is not exempt from this type of case. In July, activist Gisselle Ordóñez Milián was summoned before that same unit and reported a several-hour interrogation involving threats and pressure through her younger son.
Organizations like Cubalex have documented that summons for the purpose of "interviews" are, in practice, interrogations by State Security, and that harassment of family members is a common pressure tactic against activists.
The repressive pattern in 2026 is ongoing. The Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) recorded 332 repressive actions just in May, with police besieging activists' homes being the most common violation.
Sardiña is not a new figure in Cuban activism. In April 2022, she was one of the main organizers of the march against animal cruelty that the government prohibited, and at that time she was summoned by the police. Since then, she has organized community solidarity initiatives, such as free haircuts in Havana churches.
In light of the uncertainty about what might happen, the activist urged her supporters to share her statement and stay vigilant: "I do not represent ANY danger to society. On the contrary. I have always tried to maintain a stance of goodwill, fairness, and respect for others. Even so, I am being treated today as a criminal."
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