REPRESSION IN CUBA DURING THE REVOLUCION DE LOS GIRASOLES

Based on a report published by the Fundación Panamericana para la Democracia indicates that a total of 21 arbitrary arrests and one Act of Repudiation has been reported in Cuba as of 7 am on Sept 8, 2020 in reprisal for the protests known as the Revolución de los Girasoles, a series of protests called throughout the island to demand democracy, freedom and the release of humanitarian aid withheld by the regime.

The video shared by José Daniel Ferrer documents on video the arrest of Marina Paz Labaceno who broke through the police cordon surrounding the national headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Cuba.

Marina shouted to state security agents, ¨We have defeated you through peaceful resistance and Down with the Castro regime.¨