Last night Luis Manuel Alcantara, a visual artist and human rights activist, was attacked by an unidentified man who broke down the door of the San Isidro Movement's headquarters last night.
The secret police have blocked
neighbors, friends, and family members from reaching them since November
18th, but did nothing to stop this individual from assaulting the building.
Artists, intellectuals, and activists have been gathered since Monday at the San Isidro Movement headquarters in Havana to demonstrate their support for their colleague Denis Solís González who was arrested on November 9th, and subjected to a summary trial on November 11th and sentenced to eight months in prison for “contempt” (desacato), for speaking critically of a police officer searching his home. Denis is now imprisoned at Valle Grande, a maximum-security prison just outside Havana.
On November 18th when it became clear that officials would not allow anyone to deliver them food, and in the early morning hours of that day had used a chemical agent to poison their water supply that nine of them decided to go on hunger strike, and four of them took the additional step to also start a thirst strike. This was done to conserve food and water for those among them in a more vulnerable situation.
The San Isidro Movement is a collective of artists created in Old Havana in 2018 in reaction to Decree 349 that obliged artists to formally affiliate with the Ministry of Culture, and to obtain government permission for any of their activities.
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| Denis Solís González |
Protocol was made public today at 11:00am by San Isidro Movement over their Facebook page.
PROTOCOLS FOR DEPARTURE 11/22/2020
Objective: freedom for Denis.
Action: Peaceful demonstration.
Attitude: non-violent, calm.
Objects: poster, poetry book, mobile to make video or direct.
Legal protection: Article 56 of the constitution. Right of Manifestation. Action in social networks: place the avatar that we share below, use the hashtags:
#NOTOPOLICEVIOLENCE
#FREEDENIS
#WEARECONNECTED
SECURITY MEASURES.
In the face of any arrest or police intervention, do not offer resistance, remind the police and repressive bodies of state security that it is legal to demonstrate.
1- Remove all sensitive information on your mobile. Secure complex passwords of more than 8 characters with capital letters and numbers included. Make sure you have a charged battery.
2- Do not carry house keys. So as not to encourage them to copy them.
3- Wear comfortable clothes, two face masks. Clothing that allows you not to get hot, not get cold and not bitten by mosquitoes.
4- If you have any illness (high blood pressure, diabetes, etc.) take medications.
5- Hydrate well and bring a small bottle of water.
6- Bring candy or a cookie or something simple that allows you to hold on for some time without eating anything they give you or fainting.
7- Leave legal issues resolved. So that documents such as habeas corpus among others can be made: leave a note with Name and Surname, identity number, address, photo of how you leave the house that day. Details that may be important. Include family contact who to notify or who to count on if necessary, as well as the organization to which they belong.
8- Memorize telephone numbers (+ than 1) of contact points in case they manage to make a call from within with someone's mobile or something.
9- Do physical warm-up before going outside. When the body is idle, any push or squeeze or physical contention can cause damage if it is not prepared for action.
10- Share the location on the mobile.
Spanish text: https://freecubafoundation.blogspot.com/2020/11/movimiento-san-isidro-llamado.html
