Here is something nice and good for a change, but what happened to this kid and many other kids should never have happened. 17 Years old Cuban teenager, Jonathan Torres released after more than nine months in prison for demonstrating on June 11 2021, in Havana (La Habana) Cuba.
"It was possible," the child's mother, Bárbara Farrat Guillén, said through tears when confirming the news to CiberCuba. "I just picked up my son Jonathan Torres Farrat, overnight they put him on bail. They are sending everyone home," said Farrat Guillen, who has moved heaven and earth to have his son released again.
Just two weeks ago, she claimed that the young man had lost hope of getting out of jail.
"Today for the first time I had to scold my son during the visit, to the point that I burst into tears. My son has completely lost hope of getting out of prison. My son says that they will probably throw the 8 years they are asking for, like many of the boys who are in there and have done the same as him, "said on that occasion the activist, in a direct on Facebook that she shared after visiting the minor in prison.
The mother thanked those who helped her to gather the money with which she was able to visit Jonathan, one of the Cuban minors imprisoned after July 11, in addition to referring that it has been a very difficult few months, but that she did not lose hope that Jonathan can be free to celebrate Father's Day with her seven-month-old son.
He also reiterated his commitment to continue denouncing the excesses of the dictatorship on social networks, even if his son obtained freedom.
Farrat Guillén, who is an HIV patient, also reported that she is sick with her kidneys and the physical effort involved in carrying the jabas that takes her son to prison caused her a fever. The activist then thanked all those who care about Jonathan's case and ratified her call for freedom for political prisoners in Cuba.
The Prosecutor's Office of Havana requested 8 years in prison in March for the young political prisoner, who was detained since August 13 for participating in the demonstrations that occurred in the municipality of Diez de Octubre, one of the places where greater police repression of civilians and even the use of firearms was reported.
In April, Farrat Guillén, one of the most visible faces of the mothers of the 11J prisoners, reported that Jonathan was prevented from receiving medical attention by prison authorities for a sprained right foot.
The Cuban, who declared herself a human rights activist after Jonathan's unjust detention, has received constant harassment from State Security due to the visibility that her campaign for the release of her son has achieved on social networks.
In the middle of the previous month, she also reported that the political police kept her under siege in her home and threatened to prosecute her for contempt because of her activism on behalf of political prisoners.
On Wednesday, the young Cuban Andy García Lorenzo, a protester during the historic 11J protests in Santa Clara, was also released from prison, pending the outcome of the appeal process of his sentence.
"Andy García released momentarily for the house, to wait to continue serving his sentence in an open [regime] ... Happy because we will be with him, but the battle does not end #SonInocentes," said his brother-in-law Jonatan López on his social networks.
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