US calls for “immediate release” of Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer

The US government asked this Friday the immediate release of Cuban opposition leader José Daniel Ferrer, detained a few hours earlier by the regime, and stressed that both his arrest and the raid against the organization he chairs in Santiago de Cuba are “unacceptable”.

“Democracy and human rights in Cuba continue to be a pillar of American foreign policy. Ferrer should be released immediately and his house arrest should end ”, Julie Chung, deputy secretary of the State Department’s Office of Western Hemisphere Affairs, said on her Twitter account.

“The arbitrary detention of political prisoner José Daniel Ferrer and the raid on the headquarters of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) which took place today in Santiago de Cuba are unacceptable “, he expressed.

Information on Ferrer’s arrest was released by Ana Belkis Ferrer Garcia, sister of the detainee, member of UNPACU and Dama de Blanco in exile.

On Ferrer’s Twitter account, García said: “I am informed from Santiago de Cuba that a young woman saw Castroite hired killers take my brother to the back of the headquarters (of UNPACU), that other contract killers are still inside, that they paint the walls and remove the posters “Fatherland and life”, among others “.

And I add: “I hold Raúl Castro, Miguel Díaz-Canel and their hitmen responsible for the physical and psychological integrity of my brave brother, his family and the militants inside the UNPACU headquarters in Reparto Altamira, after an assault by his repressive forces ”.

For his part, the adversary Jorge Castro reported in the same social network as “reports come from Santiago de Cuba of a violent assault” and “the police broke the front door of the house“.

According to local media, Ian gomez, a neighbor of Ferrer, said that from 8:30 a.m. “A huge operation against the UNPACU headquarters»In Altamira, Santiago de Cuba. “Troops from the Revolutionary National Police (PNR) arrived with several vehicles, including motorcycles, cars, trucks and cinema equipment», He detailed.

Then he recorded it they made a perimeter to prevent anyone from passing and even he, who is a neighbor of the place, was prevented from being at the door of the headquarters of the political group.

In addition to Daniel Ferrer, instead were his wife, young children and other people who work at UNPACU.

Ferrer was the victim of an attempted assault last Wednesday. “Two regime agents posing as garlic sellers to attack. There you see it. Two agents of tyranny came to attack me and this is the response of the people outraged by cowardice“Denounced Ferrer on his social networks.

“Let no one be intimidated by the fact that we will continue to distribute the food. No one is going to stop us from continuing to serve the people. We will continue to donate food. We will continue to provide medical care to those in need», He underlined surrounded by Cubans who defended him, as confirmed by the portal cubitanow.

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