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According to human rights activists, demonstrators were arbitrarily arrested during the mass protests in Cuba. The detainees are therefore denied access to lawyers. After protests against the government in Cuba, the arrested demonstrators are denied legal assistance. As human rights activists report, lawyers are turned away in the police stations in the Caribbean state. The Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH) wrote that the courts in Cuba should also be closed for a week, so that no applications could be made during that time. Demonstrators are meanwhile arrested with arbitrariness and violence. Those who are released are forced to stay at home. Read more:  Anti-government demonstrations began in Cuba On Sunday, thousands of Cubans demonstrated in numerous cities in the country for freedom, against oppression and an economy of shortage. Such protests had not taken place there for decades. Cuba's economy is suffering heavily from the slump in tourism in the pandemic as well as...

The corona pandemic and US sanctions have plunged Cuba's finances into crisis. The government is countering nationwide protests against the shortage economy with violence. 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 ...