Cublex, 11 October 2021 — October 10th, which commemorated the beginning of the battles for Cuban independence in 1868, was converted by the Ministry of the Interior into one of the most repressive days in recent years.
Unlike October 10th of last year, when we documented the arrest of 21 people in Havana, yesterday we documented 29 incidents that resulted in a deployment of MININT agents in several provinces, including Havana, Matanzas, Pinar del Río, Camagüey, and Villa Clara.
Below, we present details of incidents we’ve documented through our monitoring.
Havana (23 incidents, detailed by area below)
Playa (2 incidents)
The police captain showed up at Ariel Maceo’s house to summon him to an interrogation. He was interrogated and threatened. Surveillance of Yunia Figueredo’s home.
Revolution Square (4 incidents)
In their homes, Luz Escobar, Oscar Casanella, Héctor Luis Valdés and Eralidis Frómeta are under surveillance by police operatives and State Security.
Old Havana (1 incident)
Ányelo Troya is besieged and under surveillance in his home.
Boyeros, San Miguel de Padrón and East Havana (11 incidents)
The homes of José Díaz Silva, Juan Lamas Martínez, Anyell Valdés Cruz and Lourdes Esquivel Nieto and the headquarters of MONR on Alamar and San Miguel de Padrón are besieged and under surveillance, a joint operation of the police and State Security.
Members of MNOR Tomás, Ramos Rodríguez, Frederit Otero Angueira, Rolando Díaz Silva and Ohauris Rondón Riveros have been arrested.
Osmani Pardo is under surveillance at home.
Moisés Leonardo Rodríguez and his daughter, Leticia Rodríguez Iglesias, both member of Corriente Martiana, are under arrest.
Cotorro (2 incidents)
Manuel de la Cruz is under surveillance at home.
Richard Marchante García was summoned by police to an interrogation scheduled for the following day.
Guanabacoa (1 incident)
The police summoned Yonatan Valdez Vego to an interrogation.
Other locations (1 incident)
Manuel Cuesta Morúa’s home is under surveillance.
All week (3 incidents). Havana: The homes of Iliana Hernández, Carolina Barrero and Camila Acosta are besieged and under surveillance at home.
Matanzas (1 incident)
Cárdenas: Leticia Ramos Herrería is besieged and under surveillance at home.
Pinar del Río (1 incident)
Pinar del Río: Alexeys Blanco was summoned by police to an interrogation after attempting to deliver a letter to authorities in Briones Montoto requesting permission to peacefully march on November 20th.
Camagüey (2 incidents)
Camagüey. State Security summoned Ailex Marcano Fabelo, the mother of a young man detained on July 11th, who uploaded a viral video on social media denouncing the conditions under which her son is being held.
Villa Clara (2 incidents)
Saily González Velázquez is under surveillance at home. The State Security agent on watch threatened a person who recorded him with a cell phone. “It will cost you dearly. You’ll remember me,” he said.
Santa Clara. Leidy Laura Hernández and Omar Mena are under surveillance at home.
Así reprimió el gobierno cubano el 10 de octubre, was first published on Cubalex.
Translated by: Silvia Suárez
