North American leaders and artists are calling on the Cuban government to release artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who has been detained for months without the prospect of a trial and is currently waging a hunger strike:
This month, Fusco, along with activists Armando Chaguaceda, Yaxys Cires Dib, and Eloy Viera, published an open letter calling attention to Alcántara’s plight and urging foreign diplomats, European Parliament members, religious leaders, and others to demand the artist’s immediate release. The letter was turned into a“Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara is a hostage of a government that acts with impunity,” the petition reads.
“Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara has dedicated his life and his art to the Cuban people,” the petition concludes. “He should not have to sacrifice his life. The Cuban government cannot be allowed to rob him of his life.”awaits a trial that never seems to come. His family fears for his life as his health declines–we call on the Cuban government to release Luis and all those unjustly detained.
This week, 20 such protestors—including five under the age of 18—were convicted on charges of sedition in the province of Holguín and handed down lengthy prison sentences, many for up to 20 years. Several high-powered figures in the Biden administration have recently voiced their own support for Alcántara.[Alcántara] awaits a trial that never seems to come,” U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken. “His family fears for his life as his health declines—we call on the Cuban government to release Luis and all those unjustly detained.”
“Despite the efforts of the Cuban regime to silence him, [Alcántara] continues his peaceful stance for freedom of expression in Cuba,” said Brian A. Nichols, a U.S. ambassador for Latin America, in aon Facebook:
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