Summary
The political prisoner has been suffering from bleeding, swelling, and severe pain for several days. due to two cysts in the testicles.
A urologist recommended surgery for him more than a year ago, when he was hospitalized at the Combinado del Este in Havana.
His mother reports that, since his transfer to the maximum security prison of Guanajay, in Artemisa, in March 2025, he has not been taken to any hospital.
The political prisoner of 11J Jorge Bello Domínguez continues without receiving the specialized medical care he needs at the maximum security prison in Guanajay, in Artemisa, where he has been held since March 2025.
According to his mother, the opposition leader has been with her for several days. Bleeding, inflammation, and severe pain caused by two cysts in the testicles. A urologist recommended surgery for him more than a year ago, when he was in the Combinado del Este prison in Havana.
However, since his transfer to Guanajay, prison authorities have not taken him to any hospital to receive care from a specialist.
The mother explained that Cuban prisons do not have urologists and that Your son needs to be evaluated and operated on due to the severity of his condition.
The family must obtain the medications.
The lack of medical attention isn't limited to his testicular problem. The mother also reported that the family has to obtain the necessary medications on their own.
Among the missing items is his blood pressure medication, which he regularly takes and which has not been provided to him in prison for several months. Medications purchased outside the prison are only accepted during visiting hours, and sometimes officials refuse to give them to him, claiming they are available at the prison—a claim the family denies.
These difficulties force their families to search for and bring the necessary medications, while access to medical care remains insufficient.
The mother also noted that the prison phones are often out of order and that calls with her son are limited to just a few minutes, making it difficult to accurately determine his health status.
History of heart and neurological problems
This is not the first time that deficiencies in prison medical care have put Bello Domínguez's health at risk.
In October 2025, the political prisoner suffered a Angina pectoris after a sharp rise in blood pressure and subsequently suffered facial paralysis.
At that time, his family reported that he had received incorrect treatment and that it was his relatives who had to obtain the medications he needed, acquired at high prices on the informal market.
Following the facial paralysis, Bello Domínguez was not transferred to therapy either, even though almost a year has passed since the episode.
The lack of medical follow-up and specialized care exacerbates the concern of his family members, especially given the current bleeding, inflammation, and pain he is experiencing.
A 15-year sentence for the 11J protests
Jorge Bello Domínguez was sentenced to 15 years of imprisonment for participating in the anti-government protests of July 2021.
This year, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures, a decision that reflects international concern about their situation and the need to protect their rights.
Cubalex reminds us that people deprived of their liberty are under the custody of the State, which has the obligation to guarantee them adequate and timely medical care, without discrimination and under conditions equivalent to those available to the general population.
The case of Bello Domínguez again highlights the consequences of the lack of specialized care, the interruption of treatments, and the difficulties faced by families in ensuring the health of political prisoners.
Cubalex demands that prison authorities immediately guarantee Jorge Bello Domínguez's evaluation by a urologist, the treatment his condition requires, and timely access to the medications he needs., as well as their immediate release.
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