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NGO denounces disappearance of Cuban activist Yunior García

2021-11-17T03:51:12.965Z


The Cuban organization Archipelago denounced that one of its members, Yunior García, has been missing since November 14.


A tour of empty Havana on November 15 2:04

(CNN Spanish) -

Archipiélago, an organization promoting the Civic Day for Change in Cuba, denounced that one of its members, Yunior García, has been missing since November 14.

García would have communicated for the last time with his team on Sunday at 6 in the afternoon, according to Archipiélago in a publication on its Facebook page.

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Magdiel Jorge Castro, a spokesman for Archipelago, told CNN that the last time they spoke with García was on Sunday at 6 p.m. and since then they have not had communication with him.

According to Castro, a member of the group went to his house on Tuesday to try to determine his situation, but after knocking for more than an hour at his door, no one opened or answered.

The organization reported the same information on its Facebook page, where they added the claim to the Cuban government that it vouch for the life of Yunior García.

The government has not given details about the arrests in the context of the call for the protest on Monday on the island.

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That day, Cuban police arrested 11 people, while government agents and sympathizers "besieged" another 50 inside their homes to prevent planned opposition protests from taking place, the human rights organization confirmed to CNN. Cubalex, based in Havana.

Source: cnnespanol

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