Un vergonzoso silencio

 Recuerdo a la muchacha que fue agredida con navajas y cortada por todo su cuerpo. Recuerdo a Laura Poyán. A tantas y a tantos....día a día decimos lo que hacen los machos comunistas y las mujeres que forman la chusma en las calles de mi país, patean, insultan, destrozan viviendas y personas, ¿y cuál es la respuesta del mundo ante tanto atropello?

Un vergonzoso silencio.

PEACEFUL ACTIVIST, IRIS TAMARA PEREZ AGUILERA WAS LEFT UNCONSCIOUS AS A RESULT OF THE BRUTAL BEATING ON THE HEAD THAT SHE RECEIVED FROM STATE SECURITY AGENTS ON MARCH 7, 2013, WHEN SHE WAS MARCHING PEACEFULLY WITH OTHER WOMEN ACTIVISTS, JUST A DAY BEFORE WOMEN'S RIGHTS DAY.

IRIS, WHO IS THE PRESIDENT OF THE ROSA PARKS WOMEN'S MOVEMENT FOR CIVIL RIGHTS IN CUBA AND THE WIFE OF EX-POLITICAL PRISONER AND HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDER, JORGE LUIS GARCIA PEREZ ANTUNEZ, HAS BEEN THE TARGET DURING THE LAST FIVE YEARS OF REPEATED BRUTAL BEATINGS OVER THE HEAD THAT HAVE LEFT HER UNCONSCIOUS. IN ADDITION, SHE HAS BEEN DENIED THE ADEQUATE MEDICAL ATTENTION EACH TIME SHE IS ADMITTED OR TRIES TO BE ADMITTED TO A HOSPITAL AFTER SUFFERING THESE BEATINGS IN THE PROVINCE OF SANTA CLARA WHERE SHE LIVES.

IRIS HAS PROVIDED TESTIMONY OF VERBAL ABUSE IN ADDITION TO OTHER PHYSICAL MISTREATMENTS BY STATE SECURITY AGENTS SUCH AS ARBITRARY DETENTIONS, SEXUAL MOLESTATION, ABDUCTIONS AND BEING ABANDONED IN REMOTE AREAS FAR FROM HER HOME. 

AS A RESULT OF THE DAMAGE DONE TO HER SPINE BY ALL THE BEATINGS SHE HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO, IRIS IS UNABLE TO HOLD HER HEAD UP AND IS PRESENTLY FORCED TO WEAR THE SPECIALIZED BRACE SHOWN ABOVE IN THE PHOTO. THIS SPECIAL ORTHOPEDIC BRACE WAS SENT TO CUBA BY CUBAN HUMAN RIGHTS GROUPS IN EXILE IN MIAMI, FLORIDA .

THE COALITION OF CUBAN-AMERICAN WOMEN MAKES THE CUBAN GOVERNMENT RESPONSIBLE FOR THE WELLBEING AND THE LIFE OF IRIS TAMARA PEREZ AGUILERA AND MAKES AN URGENT APPEAL TO THE FREE WORLD TO DEMAND THAT CUBAN AUTHORITIES STOP THE SYSTEMATIC VIOLENCE AGAINST PEACEFUL WOMEN HUMAN RIGHTS DEFENDERS IN THE ISLAND.

Further information in Cuba:

Iris Tamara Perez Aguilera phone - + 53 52417749

Jorge Luis Garcia Perez Antunez - + 53 52731656