Cuban authorities on Tuesday denied permission, requested by opposition activists, to stage a large peaceful protest on November 15 in Havana and other cities across the country.
“The reasons given for the demonstration are not recognized as legitimate”, argues a text signed by the municipal councils and popular assemblies of the locations where the petition was issued, delivered in response to the petitioners.
The protest was interpreted as “a provocation” that promotes “regime change” in Cuba. Officials argue that, according to the 2019 Constitution, the “socialist system” that has reigned in the country for more than six decades is “irrevocable”.
In Havana, organizers expected about 5,000 people to take part in the march.
Protest against violence and for the rights of all in Cuba
The demonstration would be “against violence, to demand respect for the rights of all Cubans, the release of political prisoners and the resolution of differences by democratic and peaceful means”, according to the request.
In the written declaration, the organizers demanded the exercise of the rights of assembly, demonstration and association for lawful and peaceful purposes established in the Constitution.
However, the authorities stated that a constitutional right “cannot be exercised against the other essential rights, guarantees and postulates of the Constitution itself, which determines the illicit nature of the march.”
In Cuba, the rights to strike and demonstrate are not contemplated outside state institutions, which is why, had it been authorized, the November 15 march would set a historic precedent.
Cuban authorities on Tuesday denied permission, requested by opposition activists, to stage a large peaceful protest on November 15 in Havana and other cities across the country.
“The reasons given for the demonstration are not recognized as legitimate”, argues a text signed by the municipal councils and popular assemblies of the locations where the petition was issued, delivered in response to the petitioners.
The protest was interpreted as “a provocation” that promotes “regime change” in Cuba. Officials argue that, according to the 2019 Constitution, the “socialist system” that has reigned in the country for more than six decades is “irrevocable”.
In Havana, organizers expected about 5,000 people to take part in the march.
Protest against violence and for the rights of all in Cuba
The demonstration would be “against violence, to demand respect for the rights of all Cubans, the release of political prisoners and the resolution of differences by democratic and peaceful means”, according to the request.
In the written declaration, the organizers demanded the exercise of the rights of assembly, demonstration and association for lawful and peaceful purposes established in the Constitution.
However, the authorities stated that a constitutional right “cannot be exercised against the other essential rights, guarantees and postulates of the Constitution itself, which determines the illicit nature of the march.”
In Cuba, the rights to strike and demonstrate are not contemplated outside state institutions, which is why, had it been authorized, the November 15 march would set a historic precedent.
Cuban authorities on Tuesday denied permission, requested by opposition activists, to stage a large peaceful protest on November 15 in Havana and other cities across the country.
“The reasons given for the demonstration are not recognized as legitimate”, argues a text signed by the municipal councils and popular assemblies of the locations where the petition was issued, delivered in response to the petitioners.
The protest was interpreted as “a provocation” that promotes “regime change” in Cuba. Officials argue that, according to the 2019 Constitution, the “socialist system” that has reigned in the country for more than six decades is “irrevocable”.
In Havana, organizers expected about 5,000 people to take part in the march.
Protest against violence and for the rights of all in Cuba
The demonstration would be “against violence, to demand respect for the rights of all Cubans, the release of political prisoners and the resolution of differences by democratic and peaceful means”, according to the request.
In the written declaration, the organizers demanded the exercise of the rights of assembly, demonstration and association for lawful and peaceful purposes established in the Constitution.
However, the authorities stated that a constitutional right “cannot be exercised against the other essential rights, guarantees and postulates of the Constitution itself, which determines the illicit nature of the march.”
In Cuba, the rights to strike and demonstrate are not contemplated outside state institutions, which is why, had it been authorized, the November 15 march would set a historic precedent.
Cuban authorities on Tuesday denied permission, requested by opposition activists, to stage a large peaceful protest on November 15 in Havana and other cities across the country.
“The reasons given for the demonstration are not recognized as legitimate”, argues a text signed by the municipal councils and popular assemblies of the locations where the petition was issued, delivered in response to the petitioners.
The protest was interpreted as “a provocation” that promotes “regime change” in Cuba. Officials argue that, according to the 2019 Constitution, the “socialist system” that has reigned in the country for more than six decades is “irrevocable”.
In Havana, organizers expected about 5,000 people to take part in the march.
Protest against violence and for the rights of all in Cuba
The demonstration would be “against violence, to demand respect for the rights of all Cubans, the release of political prisoners and the resolution of differences by democratic and peaceful means”, according to the request.
In the written declaration, the organizers demanded the exercise of the rights of assembly, demonstration and association for lawful and peaceful purposes established in the Constitution.
However, the authorities stated that a constitutional right “cannot be exercised against the other essential rights, guarantees and postulates of the Constitution itself, which determines the illicit nature of the march.”
In Cuba, the rights to strike and demonstrate are not contemplated outside state institutions, which is why, had it been authorized, the November 15 march would set a historic precedent.