{"id":589762,"date":"2021-07-13T11:36:12","date_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:36:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589762"},"modified":"2021-07-13T11:36:16","modified_gmt":"2021-07-13T15:36:16","slug":"cuba-cracking-down-on-demonstrations-dissidents-say-police-arresting-beating-and-killing-protesters","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/cuba-cracking-down-on-demonstrations-dissidents-say-police-arresting-beating-and-killing-protesters\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba Cracking Down On Demonstrations; Dissidents Say Police \u2018Arresting, Beating, And Killing\u2019 Protesters"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">26<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fcuba-cracking-down-on-demonstrations-dissidents-say-police-arresting-beating-and-killing-protesters%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=589762&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233945754.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Cuba\u2019s dictatorial government is reportedly cracking down on massive, pro-democracy demonstrations, with dissidents and allies now saying that Cuban police are \u201carresting, beating, and killing\u201d protesters.<\/p>\n<p>The Associated Press reported Tuesday that Cuban police are \u201cbeefing up\u201d patrols, allegedly at the behest of Cuba\u2019s president, Miguel D\u00edaz-Canel, who has made clear he will respond to the pro-democracy movement with force. An internet blackout, however, has descended on the country, making stories of Cuban officials\u2019 response to the protests difficult to confirm, the AP noted.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAuthorities appeared determined to put a stop to the demonstrations. More than a dozen protesters were detained, including a leading Cuban dissident who was arrested trying to attend a march in the city of Santiago, 559 miles (900 kilometers) east. The demonstrators disrupted traffic in the capital for several hours until some threw rocks and police moved in and broke them up,\u201d the AP reported. \u201cInternet service was spotty, possibly indicating an effort to prevent protesters from communicating with each other.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOn Monday, Cuban authorities were blocking Facebook, WhatsApp, Instagram, and Telegram said Alp Toker, director of Netblocks, a London-based internet monitoring firm,\u201d according to the AP.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe\u2019ve seen how the campaign against Cuba was growing on social media in the past few weeks,\u2033 D\u00edaz-Canel said late Monday, defending the government\u2019s decision to throttle Internet service. \u201cThat\u2019s the way it\u2019s done: Try to create inconformity, dissatisfaction by manipulating emotions and feelings.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Diaz-Canal has his own access to social media; he remains on Twitter giving official government updates on the situation on the ground in Cuba.<\/p>\n<p>Florida media outlets report that dissidents have been using SMS messaging services to get video and narrative about the protests out of the island nation. One&nbsp;South Florida resident told Miami\u2019s Local 10 news that \u201chis friend in Havana sent him text messages asking him to tell friends in Miami that Cuban police officers were arresting, beating, and killing unarmed civilians.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Video posted to social media, often through intermediaries in the United States, seems to confirm reports that Cuban police are engaging in a violent crackdown of pro-democracy demonstrations.<\/p>\n<p>The videos are shocking, though because of the blackout, they remain unconfirmed.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"5.7971014492754\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/DiazCanelB?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@DiazCanelB<\/a> ordena cacer\u00eda de manifestantes\u201d<\/p>\n<p>V\u00eda: <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/CubaAdn?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@CubaAdn<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Pr20NQMIfO\">pic.twitter.com\/Pr20NQMIfO<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Norges Rodr\u00edguez (@norges14) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/norges14\/status\/1414704738130595849?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.8333333333333\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">\ud83d\udea8<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a>\ud83d\udea8<\/p>\n<p>I am receiving many videos from contacts in Cuba. <\/p>\n<p>In this one we see state security forces beating and arresting unarmed protestors in Havana.<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/PatriaYVida?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#PatriaYVida<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/AbajoLaDictadura?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#AbajoLaDictadura<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/cY0lhShiUs\">pic.twitter.com\/cY0lhShiUs<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Giancarlo Sopo (@GiancarloSopo) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GiancarloSopo\/status\/1414825037807472641?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 13, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.reuters.com\/world\/americas\/cubas-president-blames-discontent-us-sanctions-2021-07-12\/\">Reuters was able to confirm, Monday<\/a>, that \u201chigh-level dissidents\u201d have been arrested and that their whereabouts are currently unknown.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cJose Daniel, the leader of Cuba\u2019s largest opposition group, the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), was arrested as he left home to join the protest in Santiago de Cuba in the east of the country on Sunday. His whereabouts is unknown, UNPACU activist Zaqueo Baez\u201d told the news organization. \u201cLuis Manuel Otero Alcantara and Amaury Pacheco, two members of a dissident artists\u2019 collective that has made headlines spearheading a broader protest movement in Cuba in recent years, were arrested on their way to protest in Havana, Pacheco\u2019s partner Iris Ruiz told Reuters. Otero Alcantara was in jail while Pacheco\u2019s whereabouts were unknown.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>They are also sending videos confirming that the protests are still going on, regardless of what the official Cuban government says is happening.<\/p>\n<p>Sen. Marco Rubio (R-FL), has been instrumental in sharing videos of the protests.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\" readability=\"7.6616915422886\">\n<p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">CUBA \ud83c\udde8\ud83c\uddfa | Ahora en Holgu\u00edn, Cuba. Miles de cubanos est\u00e1n en las calles pidiendo LIBERTAD y que ACABE la DICTADURA. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/SOSCuba?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#SOSCuba<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/y5lY0LNwat\">pic.twitter.com\/y5lY0LNwat<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Yusnaby P\u00e9rez (@Yusnaby) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Yusnaby\/status\/1414668615471742976?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">July 12, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>The protests reportedly began on Sunday, after days of increasing COVID-19 infections, alongside food and medicine shortages.<\/p>\n<p><i>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a <\/i><i>member<\/i><i>.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cuba\u2019s dictatorial government is reportedly cracking down on massive, pro-democracy demonstrations, with dissidents and allies now saying that Cuban police are \u201carresting, beating, and killing\u201d protesters.The Associated Press reported Tuesday &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2314558,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233945754.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Cuba Cracking Down On Demonstrations; Dissidents Say Police \u2018Arresting, Beating, And Killing\u2019 Protesters","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-589762","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/07\/GettyImages-1233945754.jpg?w=1200&h=800&ixlib=react-9.0.3","fifu_image_alt":"Cuba Cracking Down On Demonstrations; Dissidents Say Police \u2018Arresting, Beating, And Killing\u2019 Protesters","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589762","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=589762"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/589762\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2314558"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=589762"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=589762"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=589762"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}