Protests and Repression in Cuba
The moment when a young man shouts “Down with Dictatorship.” Video of a confrontation between peaceful protesters in Vedado, Havana, Cuba and Rapid Response Brigades sent by the regime in Cuba to confront and crackdown protests. People shouted at Rapid Response Brigades, “Puppets.”
Corner of Linea and F streets in Vedado. Oct 1, 2022.
Police in civilian plain clothes and military service conscripts beating and arresting people in Cuba. Oct 1. 2022.
Hand picked Cuban ruler (President and First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba) Miguel Díaz-Canel booed by people in Surgidero de Batabanó, Mayabeque in Cuba on Sept 29, 2022.
A woman shouted: ¨The people is making you walk away.¨ ¨They don’t care about the people.¨
Sept 30: Courageous people on Avenue 31 in #Havana take to the streets chanting FREEDOM & "LEAVE" as police retreats to the marching crowd. The person recording says it is an emotional & unique moment.
People protest calling for the restoration of electric service that collapsed last Tuesday due to the devastation of Hurricane Ian in Bacuranao, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa). Via Martí Noticias.
Protests in various neighbourhoods and municipalities in Havana broke out on September 29. 2022. The areas reported are Cerro Arroyo Naranjo and San Miguel del Padrón. The immediate trigger of the protests was the nation wide power outage announced on September 27 following the passage of Hurricane Ian.
Protesters however chanted freedom as they understand that a regime change towards democracy is the only way out of the humanitarian catastrophe in Cuba. Since 2020, the people of Cuba with the so called reordering of the economy has endured extreme scarcities and the worst inflation in decades.
Instad of listening to the demands of the people of Cuba, the regime deployed repressive forces to crackdown protests and shut down internet as of September 29 at around 8 pm when Netblocks reported a near collapse of Internet traffic in Cuba. Since November 27, 2020 when the first major protest took place in front of the Ministry of Culture, protests have occurred every month for the past two years including the protests of July 11. 2021, the largest in the. nation’s recent history.
The regime has responded by imprisoning over 1,000 people turning the country into the biggest jailer of political prisoners in Latin America. Fleeing from repression and misery, Cubans have fled the country in what has been considered the biggest exodus since 1959.
In Canada we stand with the right of the people of Cuba to decide their system of governance in free, fair and multiparty elections and called on the government, parliament and civil society to sanction the enablers of repression to stand by the people of Cuba in their struggle for democracy.
Senator Leo Housakos stands in support of the people of Cuba in their demand for freedom while condemning repression stemming from socialism and authoritarianism in Cuba.
Protests in San Francisco de Paula, San Miguel del Padrón municipality. Havana, Cuba. September 29, 2022
Cubans turned out to protest at the communist party headquarters against electricity shortages during a power outage following Hurricane Ian in Havana, Cuba, Sept. 29, 2022. Via Martí Noticias
Protest in Havana on September 29, 2022.
People protest calling for the restoration of electric service that collapsed last Tuesday due to the devastation of Hurricane Ian in Bacuranao, Cuba, Friday, Sept. 30, 2022. (AP Photo/Ramon Espinosa)
Protests in Havana over blackouts.
Photo capturing a line of patrol cars on each side of the street to crackdown on protests in Havana, Cuba. Sept. 29, 2022. Via Cubalex.
Following on the playbook of other dictatorships around the world, the Cuban regime brought internet traffic near total collapse on Sept 29, 2022 to prevent the world from witnessing protests on the streets and the brutal repression by the regime.
Video captured by courageous cubans showing repressive forces deployed to crackdown protests in Cuba. Video shows police (PNR) cars and trucks with the Special National Brigade or the Black Berets. September 29 2022.
Stats on protests in Cuba from September 2022 to August 2022. Via Observatorio Cubano de Conflictos
