Activists of Cuban origin in Canada and politicians from that country presented a petition to parliament For demand from the Cuban regime the release of political prisoners and an end to human rights violations and repression on the island.

The document calls on the House of Commons of the Parliament of Canada, which meets this Wednesday in Ottawa, to “urge the Canadian government to demand that the Cuban totalitarian regime quickly release all political prisoners and detaineesand end harassment of their families, dissidents, opposition and human rights activists.

Likewise, it requires that the legislator adopt “a resolution to censure the unelected Cuban regime for its serious and widespread abuses against human rights“.

Likewise, it calls for Cuban-Canadians, citizens or permanent residents, to be recognized “as a voice of dissent or political opposition to the Cuban regime in Canada with the right to appear in Parliament, the Senate and other forums to legitimately oppose diplomatic representation.” “of the Cuban dictatorial regime”; and participate in a “debate with Cuban pro-democracy civil society to determine ways to restore stability to Cuba and prepare the ground for a democratic transition.”

The petition already exceeds 340 signatures and requires 500 in total to come into effect. It was launched by activist Kirenia Carbonell and among its sponsors is MP Pierre Paul-Hus, from the Conservative Party.

Carbonell told independent media Cuba's DNA that “the intention is to be able to present the critical reality of Cuba with real statistics to the various committees and subcommittees on defense, national security, immigration and, above all, to alert Canada of the danger represented by the Cuban dictatorship for the democracies of the hemisphere, as a whole, of what it represents in terms of repression and violation of human rights in Cuba.

Recently, members of the Cuban and Nicaraguan communities in this North American country met with MP Melissa Lantsman of the Conservative Party.

Last December, Members of the Cuban-origin community in Canada spoke before that country's lawmakers for the release of more than a thousand political prisoners in Cubaas part of a joint petition from Cuban civil society seeking support from the parliaments and congresses of 18 democratic nations.

The group of activists held a meeting with the Senator Léo Housakos and the deputy Pierre Paul-Hus, in which they spoke of “the critical situation that Cuba is going through”, in particular the situation political prisonersTHE human rights violations and the repression of political dissent by the Cuban regime.

December 10, International Human Rights Day, Cuban-Canadians living in Toronto participated in commemorative event in which they paid tribute to the victims of totalitarian regimes, such as those of Cuba, Iran and Venezuela.