The Aythami Case: why prison is no place for someone who cultivates freedom
The struggle for a change in cannabis policies has gone on for far too long. While people like Aythami were creating a non-profit associative model that has served as a reference in other countries, we have suffered decades of targeting, stigmatization and criminalization. Now one of our own is in prison (five years for presiding over a cannabis association), an injustice that keeps us standing, united and with one voice: #AythamiLibertad. Fighting for everyone’s rights is not a crime, it is a commitment.
Aythami Santana
Canary Island cannabis activist, former president of FAC and cofounder of ConFAC. For more than a decade, he defended the associative model and collective cultivation as an alternative to the illicit market, participating in state assemblies and promoting the Global Marijuana March.
Mabel Fernández
Mother of Aythami Santana and the heart of the #AythamiLibertad platform. Her voice represents all the families who suffer the unjust criminalization of the cannabis associative model. With courage and tenderness, she has turned pain into collective strength, reminding us that behind every sentence there are human beings, families, and entire communities resisting.
Beatriz Macho
Criminal lawyer specializing in cannabis law, friend of Aythami and tireless defender of the associative model, shared cultivation, and the working class. She has accompanied dozens of collectives and people in judicial processes, taking the defense beyond the courts: to the streets, to assemblies, to institutions and to civil society. Within the #AythamiLibertad platform she contributes rigor, commitment and a deeply human vision of justice.