TAKE ACTION:
- Please take action as-soon-as possible. This Urgent Action expires on July 22, 2022.
- Write a letter in your own words or using the sample below as a guide to one or both government officials listed. You can also email, fax, call or Tweet them.
- Click here to let us know the actions you took on Urgent Action 49.22. It’s important to report because we share the total number with the officials we are trying to persuade and the people we are trying to help.
CONTACT INFORMATION
SAMPLE LETTER
Dear President of Cuba,
I am writing to express my deepest concern for the lives and integrity of Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Castillo Pérez, who have been deprived of their liberty for nearly a year and who are set to stand trial starting on May 30, 2022.
After having reviewed all available evidence, Amnesty International considers that they are being detained only because of exercising their right to criticize their government and has named them, along with other Cubans detained following the July 11, 2021, protests, prisoners of conscience.
A prosecutor has requested that Otero Alcántara and Castillo Pérez be sentenced to seven and ten years in prison, respectively, on a range of charges related to their criticism of the Cuban government.
I urge you to grant access to international organizations to monitor the trials and to immediately and unconditionally release Maykel Castillo Pérez and Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.
Sincerely,
[YOUR NAME]
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