UNPACU member and former political prisoner Yoendri Luna Caballero was detained Sunday, July 25, by Cuban State police. This is the third time he has been detained since the July 11 protests. He remains in police custody in Siboney, Santiago de Cuba.
On July 26, GLA counsel in Uruguay filed a criminal complaint with the Attorney General’s office regarding Uruguay’s continued exploitation of forced labor via Cuban medical brigades.
On Thursday, July 22, 17-year-old Amanda Duniet Hernández Celaya was acquitted of all charges brought against her by the Cuban State after spending over a week in detention at the 100th y Aldabó Station in Havana, Cuba.
On July 18, Grupo Juridico de Ayuda Ciudadana (Citizen Aid Legal Group) issued an open letter to Cuba’s public offices and courts denouncing the abuse of rule of law by the Cuban government as they treat acts of peaceful protest as public disorder.
On July 19, 2021, several members of the Association of Free Yorubas of Cuba were charged as a result of participation in peaceful protests that broke out in provinces all across the island on July 11.
On July 16, GLA President Jason Poblete joined EWTN's Montse Alvarado on EWTN News in Depth to discuss the current protests in Cuba.
ICYMI, on July 19, 2021, RealClear Politics published an article titled "Biden's Cuba Crossroads," in which GLA President Jason Poblete discusses the current administration's opportunity to make history when it comes to US-Cuba policy.
On July 17, a group of 60 Catholic priests from Brazil along with former students at the Pontifical International College Maria Mater Eclesiae in Rome wrote a letter of solidarity to Father Castor Álvarez, priest of the Archdiocese of Camaguey, Cuba, after he was beaten and detained July 11, while defending young protestors from violence.
On July 14, 2021, the Global Liberty Alliance joined over 50 individuals and organizations from the United States and the international community in urging Chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee Bob Menendez (D-NY), and Chairman of the Armed Services Committee Jack Reed (D-RI), to block the sale of military-grade weapons systems to Morocco.
On July 16, the oldest and largest group of independent lawyers in Cuba, Corriente Agramontista, issued a statement in response to the Cuban government's continued abuse of rule of law as a means of further repress its own citizens.
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