Family members of 34 prisoners in Cuba who were jailed following anti-government protests in July 2021 have filed a petition with lawmakers seeking an amnesty for their loved ones. According to rights groups, some 1,000 people were jailed in the wake of the protests, the largest since Fidel Castro's 1959 revolution. The petition letter, filed on Friday, asks Ana Maria Mari Machado, vice president of the National Assembly, to begin the process of proposing and debating a law that would "recognize
Family members of 34 prisoners in Cuba who were jailed following anti-government protests in July 2021 have filed a petition with lawmakers seeking an amnesty for their loved ones.. -January 22, 2024 at 01:32 pm EST
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Cuban dissident artist and prisoner of conscience Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara is celebrating his 36th birthday today in a Castro gulag. This is the second birthday Otero Alcantara celebrates in a Cuban prison since his arrest during the July 11, 2021 protests on the island. This is socialism in action. Via CiberCuba (my translation): Political