{"id":241829,"date":"2021-07-26T13:33:19","date_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:33:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/?p=241829"},"modified":"2021-07-26T13:33:19","modified_gmt":"2021-07-26T17:33:19","slug":"cuba-legal-authorities-deny-summary-trials-of-participants-in-protests","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/oncubanews.com\/en\/cuba\/cuba-legal-authorities-deny-summary-trials-of-participants-in-protests\/","title":{"rendered":"Cuba: legal authorities deny summary trials of participants in protests"},"content":{"rendered":"

The topmost authorities of Justice and the Cuban Attorney General\u2019s Office denied this Saturday that summary trials are being carried out for those detained for <\/span>the protests<\/span><\/a> of last July 11 and 12, nor that there is an \u201cavalanche of judicial cases\u201d for these events, as has been stated on social networks and independent media.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe matrix has been sown that these are summary proceedings, and they are not. In judicial jargon we call it \u2018summary process,\u2019 it is the equivalent of \u2018abbreviated proceeding,\u2019 they can be found in various laws around the world,\u201d said Rub\u00e9n Remigio Ferro, president of the Supreme People\u2019s Court (TSP), in a press conference with the accredited national and foreign media.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ferro also pointed out that there is a matrix \u201cthat speaks of an avalanche of judicial cases,\u201d which, he said, is not true either. In this regard, he reported that as of this Friday, \u201conly 19 judicial processes, involving 59 people, had reached the courts,\u201d the official Cubadebate website <\/span>specified<\/span><\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the president of the TSP, the trials \u201care being held in accordance with the provisions of the law,\u201d which include \u201cthe right to defense, to appoint lawyers, something that has also been said that the accused are not allowed.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cFor this type of proceedings, the law establishes that the subject decides whether or not to appoint a lawyer to defend him at the trial, or he defends himself. A number of those accused of these alleged crimes have decided to appoint lawyers and have had one, others have not,\u201d said Ferro, who said that the detainees \u201chave been given every opportunity.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Relatives of detainees in the demonstrations such as the young filmmaker Anyelo Troya <\/span>denounced this week<\/span><\/a> that alleged summary trials are being carried out in which some defendants do not have a lawyer and the relatives do not receive information or do so after the trial has already been held.<\/span><\/p>\n

In this regard, Yamila Pe\u00f1a Ojeda, Attorney General of the island, commented that the Cuban Attorney General\u2019s Office and its lower instances have attended to more than 90 people with concerns and doubts, according to the usual procedures for the system of tending to the population.<\/span><\/p>\n

For his part, Ferro pointed out that the defendants have the right to establish appeals for the courts in the second instance, where they will be able to present evidentiary materials, for which he explained that the ongoing judicial processes \u201cstill do not have a final judgment.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Conflict, consensus, crisis. Three minimum notes on the protests<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n