Cuban priest asks about the release of political prisoners before the silence of the regime and the Church

He Cuban priest Alberto Reyesone of the most critical voices of the government within the Catholic Church in Cuba, said that political prisoners have remained in a limbo after the conversations between the regime of Havana and the Vatican.

The authorities announced that they would release 553 prisoners last January, an hour after the government of the former president of the United States, Joe Biden, retired Cuba from the list of countries that sponsor terrorism. The current Donald Trunp administration He returned to Havana to the list On his first day at the White House.

After the announcement, more than a hundred political prisoners were released. But since the end of January there is no news that no other left prison. Neither the Government, nor the Church, have spoken about it.

«Absolute silence has been made with respect to the issue, at all levels, both governmental and ecclesial. It is as if, sudden enter but where the exits are a mystery, «Reyes said in a publication in your social networks on Friday.

«What happened to the gesture of» goodwill «? What happened to good relations with the state of the Vatican? Isn’t anyone saying anything? Nobody, from any shore, will you ask for explanations? Is this going to be this Another of those moments in which a thick veil tends and returns to the old method of land where we all know and we all shut up? «The pastor questioned, which provides its services in a rural community of Camagüey.

For the priest «while silent and the island sinks, without horizon or hope, they, those who raised the voice for all, remain imprisoned, condemned, handcuffed, forgotten.»

«It will be necessary to say it again and again, because while the silence of all descends on this island, the causes that led those people to take to the streets remain: symbolic wages and real hunger, the lack of medications, the paralyzed life , the freedom of handy, the existence turned into a daily circle of struggle for survival, «he said.

The last release of political prisoners in Cuba occurred on Monday, January 20, when at least 16 people left prison. In total, according to independent organizations, 158 were released. The Havana regime said that prison releases would occur Within the framework and «spirit» of the ordinary jubilee of the year 2025 declared by Pope Francis.

Relatives of several political prisoners told Martí News at that time that they were desperate for the lack of information, and that in prisons it was commented that no other political prisoner would be released.