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Denis Solís González, the Isidro Movement and turning solidarity into action in the midst of police violence
"Puede ser que me metan a la celda por el peso de mi voz, pero necesité el valor para decir la verdad"- Denis Solís González, Sociedad Condenada
#NoToPoliceViolence #Cuba (Source: Movimiento Isidro)
Back in 2018 the Cuban rapper Denis Solís González posted a music video titled Sociedad Condenada (Condemned Society) onto his Youtube account in which he sang about repression in Cuba and predicted his future with the lyrics "it maybe that they put me into prison cell for the weight of my voice, but I needed the courage to say the truth." FreeMuse, the Danish NGO that advocates for artistic freedom of expression, reported on his November 9, 2020 arrest "Rapper, activist and member of the San Isidro Movement Denis Solís González was detained in La Habana after sharing a video on 6 November of a police officer entering his house without a warrant, reports ADN Cuba."
Denis Solís González jailed for eight months for disrespecting political police
Cuban journalist Carlos Manuel Álvarez Denis, in his Spanish column in The Washington Post published today described the arrest and aftermath as follows, "Solís, a young rebellious Cuban rapper, called a policeman “a coward wrapped in a uniform” who on November 7th entered his house to harass him without his permission. He filmed the altercation with his cell phone and posted the video on his social networks. In a summary trial, without a defense attorney, Solís was sentenced for contempt to eight months of deprivation of liberty."
FreeMuse followed up with how other artists demonstrated their solidarity with Denis. "On 12 November, several members of the San Isidro Movement protested outside of Cuba y Chacón police station, demanding freedom for Denis Solís. Among them were Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Iliana Hernández, who requested information on the whereabouts of Solís, but were detained while trying to do so. The other members from San Isidro Movement that were detained, though released later in the day, include Anamely Ramos, Maykel Osorbo, Oscar Casanella, Jorge Luis Brian, Héctor Luis Valdés Cocho, Esber Rafael, Braulio Hastié and Juan Antonio Madrazo Luna." The protests continued and the numbers grew.
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