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Castro regime escalates violent repression against the San Isidro Movement while activists call to protest in public parks across Cuba
Over the weekend events at the San Isidro Movement's headquarters escalated with acts of violence perpetrated by agents of the dictatorship against the nonviolent protesters.
Early Sunday morning, November 22, 2020 at 12:08am Cuban independent journalist Iliana Hernández posted over Twitter that "they attack San Isidro Movement headquarters by state security repressors, who gave the criminal time break down the door (approximately 10 minutes), and after a while the patrol appeared," and she added that Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara had been hit. Photos and video of the attack appeared on social media a few minutes later. Thankfully Spanish speaking media reported on the attack and is reaching an international audience.
Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara following the attack early Sunday morning
The San Isidro Movement called for a protest in Cuba's parks on Sunday, November 22, 2020. Cuban state security began carrying out preemptive arrests of activists and independent journalists. One independent journalist reported being taken by police to a "dark road" 15 miles outside of Havana where he was released. The secret police also began to organize their paramilitary groups to violently target those that were able to evade the security cordon and reach the park.
The CubaBrief published on Friday, November 20, 2020 outlined the events leading from cultural events including, a "Poetic Whisper" to a sit-in following the sentencing of Denis Solís up to a hunger and thirst strike at the San Isidro headquarters in Havana, Cuba on Wednesday, November 18, 2020 following the dumping of a chemical substance into their water supply and the blocking of delivery of food. This is a nonviolent strategic response to escalating violence by the dictatorship. The Center for a Free Cuba has also joined the chorus of non-governmental organizations denouncing the threats, harassment, and violence against these activists.
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