Cuba sees more than 400 crackdowns on civil society in July

The third anniversary of the historic event protest July 11-12, 2021 As has happened every year since then, The Cuban regime strengthened inhibition To avoid new expressions dissatisfied on the street.

according to The report The theme of the newspaper is Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH)Seventh month of 2024 At least 418 acts of repression against civilians took place on the island Simply for exercising their civil rights.

According to the Madrid NGO, This type of ill-treatment included 70 cases of arbitrary arrest and 145 cases of unlawful home detention. The latter is a harassment tactic adopted by the island’s national security services out of fear of another peaceful protest.

OCDH stressed that around July 11-12, there was an increase in these actions, as evidenced by many independent civil society members on their social networks.

besides, Report condemns 72 cases of politically motivated abuse of prisoners in Cuban prisons Nine were against prisoners convicted of common crimes.

“Major repressive actions documented by the island’s observer network include arbitrary arrests, illegal housing, threats, police summonses, harassment, fines, trials and sentencing, ill-treatment of political prisoners and their families, and violations of religious rights, among other forms of repression,” the NGO said.

According to OCDH, Havana, Matanzas and Mayabeque are the provinces most affected by the repression Last July, Govt.

The organization also received 40 complaints of violations of social rights, most of which stemmed from medicine shortages and housing problems.

The Cuban Human Rights Commission recently submitted its seventh study on social rights in Cuba, which states: Extreme poverty affects 89% of households Meanwhile, the Cuban regime further dollarized the economy after promising to strengthen the peso, and inflation continued to soar.

OCDH is a non-profit organization founded in 2009 in Madrid, composed mainly of former Cuban prisoners of conscience, belonging to the so-called “Group of 75”, imprisoned during the Cuban Black Spring of 2003, members of the Ladies in White Association and other Cuban human rights activists for their activities in Cuba and in exile.