Many Cubans are protesting against the decision this week, relatives say | Opposition Articles

Demonstrators were arrested at an unprecedented protest in July against food shortages, rising prices and other concerns.

About 57 people staged protests in Cuba last year demonstrations that have never happened They will be tried this week, their brothers said.

The relatives said Tuesday they said some of the protesters were expected to serve 30 years in prison.

Roxana Garcia, the sister of 24-year-old Andy Dunier Garcia, said she was told the charges should last three to four days. Her brother is being prosecuted in Santa Clara for disorderly conduct, as well as for rebelling and defamation of authority.

He further added that the prosecuting attorney appeared to be doing a good job, adding that the witnesses against the accused were “the same police officers who had beaten them.”

In the Cuban capital, Havana, Yaquelin Cruz said her 20-year-old son Dariel Cruz had been sentenced to 15 years in prison for plotting to overthrow the government. He said their son was recently stabbed in jail.

Relatives say 21 people will be charged in the eastern city of Holguin, 20 in Havana and 16 in Santa Clara.

Demonstrations began throughout Cuba July 11 and 12 as thousands of people took to the streets to protest hunger, inflation, and economic crisis. Others called for a change of government.

Officials at first seemed indifferent, but later moved on to build hundreds of demonstrations. At least one person has died and several shops and vehicles have been damaged or burned in both days.

Cuban officials have not released the number of people arrested during the protests, although court officials ruled in August that there had been 23 cases of 67 people facing minor crimes, such as civil unrest.

Since then, prosecutors have filed serious charges, including assault, against certain defendants, says Salome Garcia of Justice 11J – a group consisting of Cuban and foreign members who try to prosecute the detainees.

The commission found that 1,334 people were incarcerated, 223 were convicted of various crimes and 231 were convicted. It said 98 people had been fined.

The group said the first detainees included 48 people under the age of 18 – aged 16 and 16 in Cuba – although several of them had been released.

The Justice 11J case list shows that some in Holguin are facing 30 years as a result of a case against Dariel Cruz, seeking to overthrow the legitimate government.

Several relatives said they had been informed that only one member of the accused’s family would be allowed to enter court.

Cuban officials acknowledged that some of the complaints brought on the protests were justified.

But they are criticizing the United States for being real power behind the scenes, which seem to have been made a little bit when it was recently approved on social media networks.

Washington has denied any involvement in the protests, after which it imposed sanctions on Cuban officials who allegedly participated in the Havana protests.

Last week, the administration of US President Joe Biden took over banned eight Cuban government officials to stay out of the country because of the violence of protesters.

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken has accused Cuban officials of participating in “an attempt to suppress the Cuban people’s feelings of oppression, unjust imprisonment and cruel punishment”.

Blinken said about 600 Cuban protesters are still in jail, including some who have seen their health deteriorate and have no proper food or medicine.