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Urgent Action: PRISONERS OF CONSCIENCE FACE TRIAL (Cuba: 49.22)

May 27, 2022

The trials of Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Castillo Pérez, prisoners of conscience, are set to start on May 30 and May 31, 2022, respectively, in Cuba. Otero Alcántara and Castillo Pérez have been in pre-trial detention for nearly a year, after being detained for criticizing the Cuban government. A prosecutor has requested that they be sentenced to seven and ten years in prison. We urge Cuban authorities to grant access to international organizations to monitor the trials and to immediately unconditionally release these prisoners of conscience.

TAKE ACTION:
  1. Please take action as-soon-as possible. This Urgent Action expires on July 22, 2022.
  2. 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.
  3. 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
Miguel Díaz Canel President of the Republic of Cuba Hidalgo, Esquina 6. Plaza de la Revolución La Habana, CP 10400, Cuba Email: [email protected] Twitter: @DiazCanelB Facebook: @PresidenciadeCuba
Ambassador Lianys Torres Rivera Embassy of Cuba 2630 16th Street NW, Washington, D.C. 20009 Phone: 202 797 8515 Email: [email protected] Twitter: @EmbaCubaUS @Lianystr Facebook: @EmbaCubaUS Salutation: Dear Ambassador
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] ADDITIONAL RESOURCES
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