Organizaciones / Campaigns

Presentan también una denuncia ante las Naciones Unidas sobre los casos penales de los prisioneros de conciencia en Cuba.

 Madrid, Feb.23.– El próximo jueves 2 de marzo se reunirán los demandantes para presentar su denuncia a las 10 am en el Salón de Actos del Consejo General de la Abogacía Española.

Participarán Dita Charanzová, Vicepresidenta del Parlamento Europeo; Giulio Terzi Di Sant'Agata, Senador de la República Italiania; Javier Nart, Miembro del Parlamento Europeo; Antonio Ledezma, abogado, escritor y político venezolano; Blas Jesús Imbroda, Presidente de la Subcomisión de Extranjería y Protección Internacional de CGAE; Fernando Almeyda, Coordinador Legal Internacional de Prisoners Defenders; y Javier Larrondo, Presidente de Prisoners defenders; entre otros.

Prisoners Defenders nos envía esta nota que reproducimos a continuación:

Since its introduction five months ago, the Resolve Tibet Act has already received impressive support from Congressional leaders. It represents an important next step by making clear the US government has not forgotten Tibet, and it expects the Chinese to return to the negotiating table. It empowers the Special Coordinator for Tibetan issues to counter Beijing's disinformation campaigns head-on, especially important in the face of the Chinese Communist Party's increasing capacity and willingness to engage in transnational repression.

Promoting a Resolution to the Tibet-China Conflict Act or Resolve Tibet Act, the bill (H.R. 8365) will:

• Pressure China to resume negotiations with the Dalai Lama’s envoys, which have not resumed since 2010;
• State that the China-Tibet conflict remains unresolved in violation of international law;
• Recognize the Tibetan people’s right to self-determination and fault the Chinese government for violating that right;
• Reject as “historically false” China’s claim that Tibet has been part of China since ancient times;
• Empower the Special Coordinator for Tibetan Issues to counter Communist Party propaganda about Tibet and Tibetans, including His Holiness the Dalai Lama;
• Make clear that Tibet includes not only the so-called “Tibet Autonomous Region” of China but also Tibetan areas of Gansu, Sichuan, Qinghai and Yunnan provinces.

This legislation [introduced by Jim McGovern (D-Mass) and Michael McCaul (R-Texas)] will position the United States to more forcefully encourage China to address the unresolved issue of Tibet, which is only possible through genuine negotiations with the Dalai Lama and the elected Tibetan leaders in exile,” said Franz Matzner, Director of Government Relations of ICT.

• Almagro ha asegurado que ha sido objeto de "tortura y malos tratos". Ha pasado un mes desde su exhortación al régimen sin resultados.
• Participatory Democracy Cultural Initiative (PDCI) y su revista digital DemocraciaParticipativa.net se suman a la demanda universal en defensa de José Daniel Ferrer y en su inmediata liberación.

Madrid, Dec.27 (DP.net).– El Secretario General de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA), Luis Almagro, exigió el pasado viernes 15 de noviembre la "inmediata liberación" del opositor cubano Coordinador de la Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU), José Daniel Ferrer, y sus compañeros Roilán Zárraga, José Pupo y Fernando González, encarcelados desde el pasado mes de octubre.

El régimen cubano ha prestado oídos sordos a esta y múltiples peticiones de diversas personalidades, instituciones y organismos internacionales. En aquella oportunidad, Almagro hizo hincapié en que Ferrer es un "preso político y de conciencia" y posteriormente ha criticado que "aún no se ha informado de los cargos en su contra y no ha comparecido ante un juez".

En cuanto a Pupo y González, Almagro ha puntualizado que "se encuentran detenidos arbitrariamente por la dictadura cubana". Además, ha apostillado que "se les ha negado el derecho a recibir visitas y, según sus familiares, Zárraga ha sido extorsionado para testificar en falso".

In Call to Release All Imprisoned Artists, "Voces Presas” Campaignn (Imprisoned Voices) Highlights 3 Artists Jailed for Their Art and Activism.

Contacto: Suzanne Trimel, STrimel@PEN.org, 201-247-5057

 New York/London/Stockholm, Nov.17.– PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) and PEN International, in partnership with Civil Rights Defenders (CRD), today launched a new campaign “Voces Presas” (Imprisoned Voices) to shine a light on the stories of imprisoned Cuban artists: poet María Cristina Garrido and rappers Richard Zamora Brito and Randy Arteaga-Rivera. The campaign calls for the release of all imprisoned artists in Cuba and the respect and guarantee of artistic freedom on the island.

The campaign includes profiles on each artist’s career, with music videos and other excerpts of their art, and documents the harassment and imprisonment they have faced as a result of Cuba’s repression of free and creative expression. The social media campaign calls on the international community to stand in solidarity with Cubans whose freedom of expression is under attack and demand that the Cuban government releases these and all artists imprisoned because of their political views.