IAPA calls for “urgent” provisional measures in favor of three journalists detained by Cuban dictatorship

The Inter-American Press Association (SIP) requested this Monday at Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to grant “urgently“Precautionary measures in favor of three Cuban journalists detained and held incommunicado for a week, considering that “They are in a serious situation.”

Last Friday, the IAPA submitted to the IACHR the request for precautionary measures for the benefit of Henri Constantin Ferreiro, journalist and editor-in-chief of the magazine Cuba’s time, de Camagüey, and vice-chair of the IAPA Committee on Freedom of the Press and Information for Cuba since 2016; Iris Mariño, journalist and photographer for the magazine, and Neife Rigau, designer of the medium.

The President of IAPA, Jorge Canahuati, and the Chairman of the Press and Information Freedom Committee, Carlos jornetThey agreed that the situation in Cuba deserved urgent decisions from the international community.

“We are sure that the authorities want to set an example for other independent journalists keep the pressure on Constantin Ferreiro, who was already limiting his mobilization and threatening him since he began to serve as regional vice-president of our Press Freedom Committee in Cuba, ”Canahuati and Jornet said in a statement.

Although the IAPA has acknowledged that there are many cases in Cuba that require firm actions by the IACHR, focused on the cases of Constantín Ferreiro, Mariño and Rigau, given the fact that they were arrested on July 11, 2021, “They remain in secret and their family is not aware of their condition.

The organization argued that the IACHR should consider the “Serious risk situation for these journalists, victims of threats and harassment in recent years because of their independent work. “

In its petition, the IAPA asked the IACHR to extend precautionary measures to the families of Constantin Ferreiro, Marine Yes Rigau, for fear of reprisals from the regime.

(With information from EFE)

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