In Cuba, the Castro dictatorship continues to arrest political dissidents while political prisoners are left with no other alternative than to engage in hunger strikes to protest the miserable conditions of their incarceration.
Cuba independent photojournalist Gerardo Younel Avila arrested
Gerardo Younel Avila
The Cuban secret police made good on a threat and on Saturday arrested independent photojournalist Gerardo Younel Avila to block him from covering a march by Damas De Blanco.
Police had warned him last week he would be arrested if he went ahead with plans to cover a gathering of the Damas planned for Sunday at the Santa Rita de Casia church in Havana. Not waiting to see whether the threats would work, police on Saturday arrested Younel at his home.
For more, read the report from Younel’s new agency, CIHPRESS.
10 Cuban political prisoners on hunger strike in Guantanamo to demand better conditions @CIHPRESS
Ten Cuban political prisoners have started hunger strikes to demand that their jailers comply with international standards for prisons.
The 10 prisoners are:
- Leoncio Rodríguez Ponce
- Andy Frometa Cuenca
- Jesús Manuel Peña Ramírez
- Alfredo Noa Estopiñán
- Miguel Matos Gainza
- Leonardo Cantillo Galván
- Heriberto Téllez Reinosa
- Juan Humberto Becerra Alfonso
- Rolando Tudela Iribar
- Yoandri Lafargue Rober
CIHPRESS has more details about the protest.