As Cuba begins handing out sentences to protesters, some families left in the dark

Raisa Gonzalez reacts as she shows a picture of her son Angelo Troya Gonzalez, an artist sanctioned after protests, in Havana, Cuba, July 20, 2021. REUTERS/Alexandre Meneghini

HAVANA (Reuters) - An anti-government hip hop song by some of Cuba's most popular musicians in exile became the anthem of the unprecedented protests that rocked the Communist-run country last week.

Now the visual artist who filmed the Cuban section of the videoclip for "Patria y Vida" ('Homeland and Life'), Anyelo Troya, 25, has been sentenced to a year in prison, according to relatives. He was charged with instigating unrest, they said, after attending a demonstration in Havana.