The new Cuban Criminal Codeapproved this Sunday in the National Assemblyhas, from the outset, aroused the doubts and criticisms of dissent and activism, who fear it will stifle social protest and independent journalism.
The new text has been highlighted by its promoters and defenders as “modern”, “educational”, “guarantee” and eager to update, as the previous one – from 1987 – failed to consider issues such as environmental crime, cybercrime, gender violence and transnational criminal networks. .
However, his opponents point out that the number of criminals is increasing, by 37, and that the sentences are stricter (four more crimes with the death penalty; 10 more with life imprisonment).
They also point out that there is a calculated ambiguity in it that leaves room for arbitrariness and view the reform as a legal response to the July 11 anti-government protests.
In this sense, they condemn the new criminal forms of public disorder and against state security, as well as those who punish the foreign funding of NGOs or the media and the description of the crime of espionage.
Source: El heraldo
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