The Cuban mother Sady R. Companioni, a resident of the Lawton neighborhood in Havana, was transferred to the Vivac after being arrested by police agents, while her family reports that the authorities refused to accept the urgently needed medications.
The complaint was made by the Cuban activist Tania Tasé, who reported from Berlin that Companioni's parents were also unable to see her or deliver food to her.
«Sady R. Companioni has been transferred to VIVAC. Her parents were not allowed to see her or bring her food, and what is worse: they did not accept the medications that Sady desperately needs,» wrote Tasé on Facebook.
The activist described what happened as a "crime" and reminded that the six-year-old daughter of the detainee is at home. "Her parents are desperate," she added.
In a video posted by the activist Yoel Cruz, it was specified that Companioni was transferred to the Vivac around 6:15 PM and requested to spread awareness about her situation.
"Sady is yet another victim of the dictatorial regime of Díaz-Canel and the PCC for simply asserting a basic right, which was water," he stated.
According to Companioni's account before her arrest, four uniformed police officers, including a Capture and Search agent, arrived at her home without any prior summons.
"As expected, my parents were present, as well as my six-year-old daughter, who became very nervous and started to cry," she said.
The detention comes after several weeks of confrontations with local authorities over the lack of basic services. At the beginning of August, Sady reported that her family had been without water or electricity for 15 days, while her daughter had a fever of 39.5 degrees and an eight-year-old niece was suffering from severe dehydration.
Two days later, she reported that a delegate and a police officer excluded her from the water distribution from a state truck located in front of her home.
"Everyone here is going to be kicked out except her because I feel like it," she claimed they told her. When she tried to document what had happened, she received another warning: "Let her take a photo or video so we can get her arrested."
One day before his arrest, Sady posted a message titled “I’M SCARED!!”, in which he publicly held a local official responsible for anything that might happen to him.
"Being afraid doesn’t make me cross my arms and stay silent," she wrote.
El Vivac is a provisional detention center in Havana. Lumey Guzmán Fernández also remained there, arrested in July after posting a video criticizing power outages. Guzmán was released on August 27 after paying a bail of 7,000 Cuban pesos, although her judicial process is ongoing.
Lawton has recorded several expressions of discontent in recent months regarding the crisis of basic services, including pot-banging protests and burning of garbage in the streets and the detention of two mothers by State Security following a protest.
Companioni's situation raises particular concern due to the report that he is not being allowed to receive the medications he needs, while his six-year-old daughter and his parents await news about his condition and legal status.
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