- Name: Mailene Noguera
- Position: Opposition activist
- Deprived of liberty from: July 13, 2021
- Judgment: Awaiting trial
- Country: Cuba
- Place of confinement: Guatao Prison
- Health condition: Delicate condition
- Torture complaint: Subject to torture and inhumane prison conditions
Noguera Santiesteban was arrested on July 13, 2021, two days after anti-government protests across the country.
According to a report from the Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH), she was first held incommunicado in Técnico de San José, Mayabeque province and at the end of July she was transferred to ‘El Guatao’ in Havana.
She denounced through a letter that the protesters have been exposed to psychological and physical torture during their arrests.
In the letter, she recounted that “the cuban prison guards practiced physical and psychological torture, also to underage children by pointing a gun to their heads; and pulling out the prisoners nails and piercings with tweezers.
Noguera, along with other political prisoners, was one of the signatories of the letter sent to Miguel Díaz-Canel, they signed the letter with their blood, to demand their freedom.
Sponsors
Name : Rocío Reza Gallegos
Position: Deputy for the National Parliament of Mexico
Observations
She is a Mexican Parliamentarian of the federal chamber of deputies.
Since the beginning of her career, Luna has devoted her training to Politics from an early age. She studied the Bachelor of Political Science and Public Administration.
In 2010 she won the local council, at only 26 years of age, and was a substitute deputy in the LXII Legislature from 2012 to 2015
In 2017 she was elected as leader of the state National Action Party, a position she holds to date.
