In a letter, to which this newspaper had access, six rapporteurs ask for explanations about the police repression and the judicial processes derived from the protests of 11J
14ymedio, Madrid, June 3, 2024 — Six UN rapporteurs have urged Cuba to explain alleged human rights violations linked to police repression and judicial processes arising from the protests of 11 July 2021, the largest in decades on the Island.
In a letter sent to Miguel Díaz-Canel, to which 14ymedio had access, four rapporteurs and two representatives of portfolio working groups linked to human rights talk about “concerns” and request explanations from Havana.
The 16-page letter is dated April 3 and explains that after 60 days the document would be published with the answers provided by the Government of Cuba. As of now moment, the UN website has not included any response from Havana.
“We would like to urge the Government of your Excellency to take all necessary measures to protect the rights and freedoms of the aforementioned persons and to investigate, prosecute and impose appropriate sanctions on any person responsible for the alleged violations,” the rapporteurs write.
They also urge Díaz-Canel “to take effective measures to prevent such events, if they have occurred, from being repeated
They also urge Díaz-Canel “to take effective measures to prevent such events, if they have occurred, from being repeated.”
They argue that, if the allegations were confirmed, “numerous international human rights norms and standards enshrined, among others, in the Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the Declaration on the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance” would have been violated.
The rapporteurs indicate that the letter is based on “sufficiently reliable” information so that the matter receives “immediate attention,” although they add that they do not want to “p