The United States has demanded that the Cuban government allow peaceful protests scheduled for Monday

The United States has called on the Cuban government to lift the ban on protests ahead of a planned anti-government rally..

“We urge the Cuban government to respect Cuba’s rights, to allow them to meet peacefully, to use their voices without fear of government retaliation or violence, and to keep the Internet and telecommunications open for free communication.” US Secretary of State Anthony Blink In a statement ahead of rallies scheduled for Monday.

“The United States is with the Cuban people. We appreciate his courage and his unwavering commitment to democracy, prosperity and fundamental rights and freedoms, ”he said. He warned that the United States would continue to support the Cuban people in promoting accountability for the Cuban regime’s repression and human rights abuses.

Last July, the Cuban people bravely and arbitrarily took to the streets demanding a change: respect for human rights, greater freedom of expression and an end to the economic mismanagement of the dictatorial regime you have not met, the Biden official recalled. The most basic requirements. “The Cuban regime responded with violence, censorship, arrests and summonses, denying its citizens the right to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly,” he charged.

He warned: “On November 15, the Cubans will again ask their government to listen to their aspirations for a better future. The Cuban government has already made it clear that it does not want to listen; The regime has refused to allow protests, fired opposition supporters and threatened to imprison protesters.”.

“We strongly condemn these intimidation tactics. We urge the Cuban government to reject violence and use this historic opportunity to hear the voices of its people instead.”.

The United States is urging other democracies to echo support for Cuban opponents seeking to exercise their fundamental rights and freedoms. “The international community must uphold these universal rights whenever and wherever they are threatened. We must unanimously ask the Cuban government to respect those who exercise their rights in the November 15 peace struggle and to release all those who have been unjustly detained.. “

This Monday is being called the new day of opposition mobilization in Cuba, two months after the island’s largest protests in recent years.. The demonstration was initially called for November 20, but the promoters of the archipelago movement decided to launch it five days after the Castro dictatorship announced a series of military maneuvers in the days leading up to the protest.

Demands include freedom for all political prisoners, a dialogue to resolve the “political, economic and social crisis” and the rejection of the brutal repression of the July protests.

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