The vice president of the Popular Supreme Court (TSP), Maricela Sosa Ravelo, reported Monday on national television that the process of release of political prisoners had ended “successfully.”
«In the month of January, 378 applications were submitted to the Court and in … the month of February 175 applications, which make The calculation of the 553 people for early release, ”he detailed.
Although they did not specifically refer to political prisoners, the past January 14 The regime announced that it would release 553 “people deprived of liberty.” This happened after an agreement with the Vatican and after the administration of Joe Biden eliminated the island from the list of sponsoring terrorism countries.
Between him January 15 and 20, a total of 209 political prisoners They were released, according to data collected by the NGO Prisoners Defenders (PD). However, without any explanation, the authorities paused the benefits in the midst of Trump’s possession. Just over a month later, on February 27, the process was reactivated. According to several NGOs, this time, the total number of released political prisoners would not pass, for a total of 229.
In this way, the PD alert would be fulfilled that the regime would be completing The 553 figure “With a still undetermined amount of common criminals who have been released with the same alleged measures ‘grace’ as the political prisoners released in Cuba.”
Equal way, the NGO Justice 11J He has claimed to have received «numerous complaints that indicate that a significant part of the released people are common inmates. Despite not having official data that allows us to know the exact proportion, the testimonies received suggest that the number of common prisoners released is greater ».
One foot on the street and another in jail
Most of the releases turned more than three years in prison and had been prosecuted for participating in the mass protests Anti -government of July 11 and 12 of 2021 (11j). These received the benefits under measures such as “extrapenal license” or “probation” so they must be subject to a series of controls by the authorities and meet the established requirements until their sanction completely extinguishes.
«The law itself establishes that the execution judge cites these people and they make them an initial appearance in which they are informed what are the obligations they have. Among them are that they have to comply with the accessory sanctions that were imposed on them, the fulfillment of civil liability, the location to employment or study in those people who are suitable for their realization (…), ”said Sosa Ravelo.
Through official information, the regime warned that the release They could be revoked before the breach of the obligations and, as such, be returned to the penitentiary establishment to complete the pending time of the sanction.
It is, according to the vice president of the TSP, of a “trial period” during which “they have to comply with the obligations that are set By law, those requirements carried out by the Execution Judge and maintain social behavior according to our socialist norms of coexistence ».
Other tax requirements are: not to move from your city of residence, work in state centers approved by state security, not express or publish your opinions on social networks or publicly demonstrate critical attitudes With the regime, not giving statements to the independent or foreign press, not communicating with human rights organizations, they must also regularly appear before the authorities and may be summoned as part of a police monitoring.
The announcement has been received with disappointment, anguish and even rage by thousands of families that They longed for receiving at home To his son, brother or mother unjustly imprisoned. However, some 600 people remain behind bars for political reasons, several of them with sentences of up to 15 years of deprivation of liberty only for demonstrating peacefully against the regime.
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