Activists who criticized the regime expect trial in prison

Two tuneros activists who criticized the government on social networks expect in provisional prison that the accusing body issues its request.

Yoan Ricardo Llerena, arrested on December 2, 2024 at his home in Cerro de Caisimú, and Gustavo Colás Castillo, arrested on December 4, in the town of Amancio Rodríguez, are held in the slopes section of the El Typical prison, After concluding the investigation phase of their criminal processes.

“They were already taken out of the filter, where those who can go on bail are or can be released. They are in a hallway that is like a cell for those who expect a trial date, «Disnelbys Vidal, Ricardo Llerena’s wife, told Martí news.

«This month they must already give them the tax request for the trial, which is supposed to be in March,» he added.

Credited in different causes and with also different positions, criminal proceedings against both opponents have in common the so -called cyber crimes, for which they process those who use social networks to convene a march, criticize the government or ask or incite a change to a change system.

There are several crimes typified in the Cuban Criminal Code, which can be configured on the scenario of social networks, the most frequent instigation to commit crimes, propaganda against institutional order, contempt, attack, resistance and slander, among others. The majority designed to shield the socialist system, the regime and its representatives.

According to international experts and organizations, these laws limit freedom of expression and are instruments to eliminate dissent and public debate.

Colás, known by the Guardian of the Homeland due to his constant study of the Martiana work, was one of the founders of the Independent Library Project in Cuba in the 90s.

“I communicated with him and says that the investigations had already finished. The file was closed on Monday and spent it for the Prosecutor’s Office. Now the Prosecutor’s Office reviews and then ask for what they decide, ”confirmed Laritza Oramas Esquivel, the wife of Colás Castillo.

Ricardo Llerena is accused of attack and disobedience and Colás Castillo, of instigation to commit crimes. Police authorities practiced records in the homes of both activists and were interrogated and questioned in the Provincial Criminal Instruction Unit of Las Tunas.