Maria Cristina Garrido

• Name: Maria Cristina Garrido
• Position: Opposition leader
• Deprived of liberty from: The 12th of July 2021
• Judgment: 7 years of imprisonment
• Country: Cuba
• Place of confinement: Guatao
• Health condition: Severe health conditions
• Torture complaint: Subject to torture and inhumane prison conditions

Cuban activist Maria Cristina was sentenced to 7 years of imprisonment for demonstrating in the protests on July 11, 2021 in the town of Quivicán, Mayabeque.

María Cristina and her sister Angelica were violently detained on July 12, 2021 for demonstrating the day before in Quivicán, where they both reside.
During these months the Garrido sisters have been confined to punishment cells, received beatings, interrogations and threats, especially María Cristina, who is accused by the authorities of leading the demonstration in Quivicán.
Both María Cristina (41 years old) and her sister Angélica (39 years old) are mothers of three and two children, respectively, who are now in the care of relatives.

Both are part of the group of 74 women imprisoned in Cuba, out of a total of 747 prisoners for political reasons and conscience after the massive protests of the summer of last year, according to the sub-registry of Justice 11J.

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Beatriz Becerra Basterrechea is a Spanish liberal politician and writer. In the 2014-2019 legislature of the European Parliament, she was vice president of the Human Rights subcommittee, forming part of the Group of the Alliance of Liberals and Democrats for Europe.

Between 2009 and 2014 he was part of the Board of Directors of Unión Progreso y Democracia as head of Communication. She was elected MEP in the 20143 European Parliament elections after running for the UPyD list.

She currently works as the General Director of Citizen Participation, Migration, Foreign Action, Development Cooperation, Transparency and Good Governance of the Malaga City Council.