One Cuban Dead, Dozens Arrested After Unprecedented Protests
By Rigoberto DIAZ
07/13/21 AT 6:16 PM
One person died and more than 100 others, including independent journalists and dissidents, have been arrested after unprecedented anti-government protests in Cuba, with some remaining in custody on Tuesday, observers and activists said.
A 36-year-old man named by the state news agency as Diubis Laurencio Tejeda died during an anti-government protest on the outskirts of Havana on Monday, the interior ministry said.
The ministry said it "mourns" his death while the news agency said he had taken part in "disturbances."
Relatives and friends of those detained during and after Sunday's historic demonstrations engaged in a desperate search on Tuesday for news on their whereabouts.