EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 1 January 2024 — Luis Robles, a Cuban protester imprisoned since December 2020, has received a prison permit to serve the rest of his five-year sentence in a correctional labor camp, his mother, Yindra Elizastigui, confirmed to EFE on Sunday.
Robles, considered by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) as a political prisoner, as well as by organizations such as Prisoners Defenders (PD), based in Madrid, was sentenced on the Island for the crimes of enemy propaganda and disobedience.
According to Elizastigui, the 31-year-old has been transferred to a special area of the Combinado del Este, a penitentiary center on the outskirts of Havana, where he was before.
He welcomed this transfer happily because it was expected. It’s been four months since he was told that it had been approved
“Luis called us on Friday at half past five in the afternoon (to inform us of the decision). He welcomed this transfer happily because it was expected. It’s been four months since he was told that it had been approved.”
The transfer comes days after Elizastigui went on a hunger
