Warn the UN that the application of Ley Mordaza could trigger a new wave of repression in Cuba

On Monday, the opposition organization Corriente Martiana sent an urgent appeal to the United Nations concerning the possible application by the Cuban authorities of Law No. 88.

Moisés Leonardo Rodríguez, current promoter, told Radio Martí that the document entitled "On violations and threats to the life, integrity and liberty of those who independently exercise the right to freedom of opinion and expression in Cuba" He was sent to three UN special procedures that have already acknowledged receipt.

The goal of this initiative is that the United Nations hold the Cuban government accountable for these acts, adds the opposition.

"Although they are occurring systematically in our country in recent weeks, as the national crisis worsens day by day, repressive actions were taken against violent journalists including threats to life, some of whose cases have been subjected to special procedures under resolution 1503 of your organization and others are being processed. The threatening official statements as well as the daily events motivate this urgent appeal against the likely repetition of repressive acts similar to those of March 2003, "says this urgent appeal.

Finally, he urges the United Nations to "take urgent, concrete and effective action in accordance with the letter and the spirit of the Charter and international human rights law in order to put an end to systematic and institutionalized violations of human rights in Cubaespecially against unrecognized and officially denigrated civil society actors ".

Last week, the president of the Rubén Remigio Ferro, the Supreme People's Court of Cuba, has threatened to enforce Law No. 88 containing provisions aimed at suppressing independent journalism in the country.

As a result of this announcement, the Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba (HCFH) has incorporated the official in the list of Cuban repressors according to which the organization has been in exile for some time.

In a letter to Radio Television Martí, the DFHC informs Ferro that it has been added to the "database of Cuban repressors" and reminds him that "prosecutions are ongoing and that people are being expelled from those who were repressed in Cuba, they came to meet relatives and reside in the United States, in the process of immigration. "

With information from Martí News