Wilber Aguilar reports more than 100 days without visiting imprisoned son

Wilber Aguilar Bravo reported that he has spent more than 100 days unable to visit his son, Walnier Luis Aguilar Rivera, imprisoned in Cuba. The activist said the family has not been able to see him during that period and demanded restoration of prison visits. His report centers on the prolonged separation and the lack of an explanation for the suspension, which he says he has not received.

Walnier Luis Aguilar Rivera is serving a 12-year sentence for sedition connected with his participation in the July 11, 2021 demonstrations in Havana's La Güinera neighborhood. That background places the family complaint in the context of the case keeping him imprisoned. Wilber Aguilar Bravo has linked interruption of visits with his public advocacy for his son.

The father maintains that his public complaints about the case are connected with the visiting restrictions. He also said the prison has not justified why meetings were suspended. “They haven't let us see him,” he said. His account attributes the lack of contact to a prison decision that he says remains unexplained to the family.

Aguilar Bravo also discussed the effect on the family's girls, saying they were crying to see their father. That concern accompanies the demand for visits and communication with Walnier. The family's last direct meeting with him occurred July 14, according to available information.