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Mayelín Rodríguez Prado was arrested after uploading images to Facebook of a small demonstration in Nuevitas in August 2022

At the age of 22, Mayelín Rodríguez Prado received the heaviest of the sentences the Cuban government handed down to a group of 13 people who demonstrated in August 2022 in the municipality of Nuevitas, in central Cuba. Prado, who is the mother of a little girl, will serve 15 years in prison for publishing the protests through the social network Facebook.

Prado recorded the moment in which Cuban police beat three girls during the demonstration, as well as other repressive actions against protestors. The young woman, whose daughter at the time was less than a year old, was detained at her home after the protest and held in solitary confinement at a State Security facility.

The judicial sentence issued by the Municipal Court of Camagüey, to which the Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH) had access, states that the court agreed to punish Prado as “author of an intentional and consummated crime of enemy propaganda of a continuous nature” and “author of an intentional and consummated crime of sedition.” The court also announced sentences of between four and 14 years for 12 other participants in the demonstration for the same crimes. According to the Cuban Penal Code, sedition is a “crime against the internal security of the State,” and anyone who “tumultuously and by means of express or tacit agreement, using violence, disturbs the socialist order” can be prosecuted on that charge.

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[–] [email protected] 23 points 5 months ago (1 children)

That's a heavy sentence. I am curious if she is the most sympathetic case or what are the situations with those other 12 who appear to have received lesser sentences?

The court also announced sentences of between four and 14 years for 12 other participants in the demonstration for the same crimes.

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[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago

Seems a bit excessive

[–] [email protected] 83 points 5 months ago (6 children)

It seems the convergent evolution of government is authoritarianism. All governments seem to eventually move towards it.

[–] [email protected] 88 points 5 months ago (4 children)

It takes efforts to have a democracy

[–] [email protected] 17 points 5 months ago (1 children)
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[–] [email protected] 152 points 5 months ago (10 children)

Waiting for the Tankies to tell us how this is actually a good thing

[–] [email protected] 43 points 5 months ago (8 children)

Wondering how they can tie this to American sanctions like they do with every other issue Cuba has.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

Individuals need to be sacrificed to the greater good of the revolution?

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[–] [email protected] -2 points 5 months ago (2 children)

At least now that child won't be raised by some radical.

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[–] [email protected] 53 points 5 months ago (2 children)

I guess Cuba and America aren't so different after all...

[–] [email protected] 16 points 5 months ago

Oh no! You caught us doing something that makes us look bad!

Straight to jail.

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[–] [email protected] 6 points 5 months ago (1 children)

How could Joe Biden allow this to happen?

[–] [email protected] 13 points 5 months ago (2 children)

That's satire, right? Cuba is a completely different country

[–] [email protected] 20 points 5 months ago (2 children)

The president has had over three years to cure cancer and he has done nothing. I'm planning to write in 'Cancer' this November because at least it has a proven track record.

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[–] [email protected] 41 points 5 months ago (2 children)
[–] [email protected] 4 points 5 months ago

It just hit the tankies too close to home.

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