“The health condition of Zoila Pérez, mother of Cuban political prisoner José Gabriel Barrenechea, is rapidly worsening as prison authorities deny the dissident journalist and professor the possibility of saying goodbye to her in her last days.
Despite the seriousness of her condition and the explicit request of Zoila herself in a video broadcast on social networks, the authorities of La Pendiente prison, in Villa Clara [central Cuba], where Barrenechea is being held, have denied the permission requested by her lawyer to visit her.”
