The communist government is putting scores on trial this month for taking part in the biggest demonstrations in years.
. But authorities blamed the demonstrations on Washington-backed “counterrevolutionaries” it said were taking advantage of a crisis caused by U.S. economic sanctions.While the demonstrations were mostly peaceful, some participants vandalized shops or vehicles. At least one person died, and several were injured.The government has not said how many of the demonstrators were arrested or charged, and did not respond to a request for comment on the trials. The U.S.
Eloy Bárbaro Cardoso, an 18-year-old student, was also swept up in the demonstrations. His mother, Servilia Pedroso, said he was leaving his grandmother’s house in Havana’s poor La Guinera neighborhood on July 12 when he ran into a crowd protesting the lack of food and medicine. The teenager was detained several days later, accused of public disorder, and freed after paying a fine of 2,000 Cuban pesos — around $83 — his mother said.
Juan Pappier, a senior Americas researcher at Human Rights Watch, said most of the defendants judged so far have been found guilty. “The crimes are very broadly defined,” he said, including sedition, which includes the use of violence to “disturb the socialist order” or impede government actions. “And the penalties are grossly disproportionate.
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