Throughout history, socialist revolutions have preyed on the most vulnerable. In communist Cuba, women were the victims of 45% of the acts of repression carried out by the Castro dictatorship throughout 2023. About the only “equity” women in Cuba can hope for comes in the form of brutal oppression.
OCDH: 45% of the acts of repression carried out in Cuba in 2023 were against women
The Cuban Observatory of Human Rights (OCDH) issued a report on Tuesday denouncing a significant increase in political repression in Cuba, with a particular focus on women during the year 2023.
According to data collected by the network of observers on the island, 45% of repressive acts targeted women in a generalized manner.
The report details that when delving into specific actions, 67% of arbitrary detentions and 52% of illegal home detentions were directed against women. In total, the OCDH currently registers 100 female political prisoners in Cuba, highlighting the gravity of the situation.
“A proportion that grows when we look at specific actions. For example, 67% of arbitrary detentions were against women, as well as 52% of illegal home detentions,” reported the OCDH, which currently has 100 political prisoners registered in Cuba.
The report also notes that in 2023, at least 3,959 repressive actions were documented in Cuba, meaning that more than 10 human rights violations occurred every 24 hours. It is important to note these figures could be even more alarming given the limitations in the country for independently gathering information.
The consolidation in 2023 of the repressive pattern called “emptying of the opposition and civil society,” which is fundamentally based on forcing activists to leave the country under the threat of imprisonment, is another fact denounced in the document.
It specifies that prominent women activists or those who made complaints on social media were forced into exile in 2023. Among them are Zuleidys Pérez, Amelia Calzadilla, Roxana García Lorenzo, and Marisol Peña Cobas.
In response to this situation, the Observatory issued an urgent call to feminist organizations, democratic governments, and all institutions to demand explanations from the Cuban regime regarding systematic repression against the civilian population, especially that exercised for political reasons and targeting women.
Doesn’t matter, even if all the women are black. What matters is whether they’re pro-regime or anti-regime, and since they’re anti-regime, they do not fit the official narrative about the “revolution.” Thus, nobody cares.