Cuba Gives Influencer and Mother Two-Year Non-Custodial Terms Over Video
A Havana court convicted the Cuban content creator Anna Bensi and her mother on 1 October for posting a video of a police officer, sentencing each to two years of restricted liberty, a non-custodial penalty. The post Cuba Gives Influencer and Mother Two-Year Non-Custodial Terms Over Video appeared first on The Rio Times .
Cuban content creator Anna Bensi, 21, and her mother Caridad Silvente were sentenced on October 1st to two years of "limitation of liberty" for posting a video of a police officer. The video, allegedly filmed on March 10th, showed the officer's identity card, name, and address. The court found both women guilty of violating Article 393 of Cuba's penal code, which covers offenses against personal and family privacy, image, and identity data.
Bensi, known online as Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente, is a young Baptist Christian who criticizes the government's economic crisis through her social media posts. She trains as a dental-prosthetics technician and lives in Alamar, Havana. Her mother, a housewife, filmed the officer during a summons delivery. The court imposed a non-custodial sentence, meaning the women must obey the law, appear in court as summoned, and not move house or leave their province without permission.
The US Embassy and legal-aid group Cubalex defended Bensi's right to free speech, stating that filming officials on public duty is legitimate. The verdict was given orally, with the written ruling expected in about 15 days. The women have 10 working days to appeal to the Havana Provincial People’s Court.
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