Cuban prosecutors requested a seven-year prison sentence for a 16-year-old boy after he protested against the regime

The Provincial Prosecutor's Office of Ciego de Ávila in Cuba has requested a seven-year prison sentence for Jonathan David Muir Burgos, a 16-year-old adolescent. The minor is being prosecuted for the alleged crime of sedition following anti-government protests that took place on March 13 in the city of Morón. Although he was initially released from custody, the severe sentence demand highlights the ongoing legal measures taken against participants in civil demonstrations.

Separately, in an unrelated criminal case reported by the same media monitoring, a 17-year-old minor in Santo Domingo East, Dominican Republic, faces a maximum potential sanction of eight years of deprivation of liberty. This separate proceeding involves the investigation into the homicide of taxi driver Félix Valentín Casalinovo Trinidad, which occurred on October 16.