According to independent journalists, thousands of people have now been arrested three days after the anti-government demonstrations began in Cuba. Among the more than 5,000 arrested are more than 120 activists and journalists, according to the online portal, which had collected reports from the population. On Tuesday, protest movements had reported 144 arrests.
Some of the security forces acted brutally, as can be seen in a video whose authenticity was confirmed by the human rights organization Human Rights Watch. The video shows how security forces in the town of Cárdenas try to break into an apartment through the front entrance while inside a woman with a small child in her arms says "my children!" and "why are you doing this?" cries.
Then you can see an officer walking into the apartment from the other direction with a raised pistol. A part of the video, apparently recorded later, shows a pool of blood on the floor. The online portal CiberCuba reported that the woman's husband was shot, beaten and taken away in front of his family.
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State media also reported a death in a demonstration on Monday in the capital Havana . The 36-year-old tried to attack a police station as part of an "organized group of anti-social and criminal elements". There was no information about the circumstances of his death.
The blockade of the Internet has meanwhile been lifted by the authorities. The people in the Caribbean country had access to the network again on Wednesday, as reported by AFP journalists. Access to Facebook, Twitter and Whatsapp was still blocked. Cubans can access independent news offers via networks such as Facebook and Twitter. The online services also played an important role in organizing the nationwide protests.
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The government also relaxed the rules for importing food and medicines. In the future, travelers will be allowed to bring food, medicine and hygiene products to Cuba duty-free, as Prime Minister Manuel Marrero announced. The previously applicable quantity restrictions are therefore also no longer applicable. The new rules will come into force on Monday and will initially apply until the end of the year.
So far, travelers have been allowed to import up to ten kilograms of medicine duty-free into Cuba. They were also allowed to take a limited amount of food and hygiene products with them, but customs duties were due for this.
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On Sunday, thousands of Cubans demonstrated in numerous cities for freedom, against oppression and an economy of shortage. There had been no such protests in the one-party state in the Caribbean for decades.
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There is a shortage of food and medicines in Cuba, and many goods can only be bought against foreign currencies. The number of corona infections and deaths has also increased significantly recently. The incidence increased from 70 to 350 within a month. The country does not purchase any vaccines through the Covax global vaccination initiative. So far, 26.9 percent of the population have been vaccinated with a vaccine developed in Cuba, 16.7 percent have full vaccination protection.
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