Expressing an opinion shouldn't be a crime, but in Cuba it can cost you your freedom. Activist Alexander Verdecia faces up to 10 years in prison for criticizing the government on Facebook. His case reflects how the regime criminalizes freedom of expression to silence dissenting voices. Alexander Verdecia Rodríguez, a Cuban activist [...]
Photo: Taken from CiberCuba. Presented as a protective measure, the new agreement institutionalizes a system of control, surveillance, and forced confinement that criminalizes poverty and obscures the structural causes of social exclusion in Cuba. I. Introduction: What does this agreement reveal about the Cuban social model? The Agreement [...]
During the high-level debate commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Mandela Rules, the Cuban state asserted that it applies “good practices” in its prison system. However, the reality documented by Cubalex demonstrates the contrary. Yoangel Valido, representative of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, stated that [...]
This legal analysis, prepared by the Cubalex legal team, examines the serious procedural and substantive irregularities in the case of Ricardo Suárez Marrero, a former MININT officer convicted of politically motivated crimes. The report demonstrates how criminal law and military jurisdiction have been used to punish [...]
Cubalex reports the death in custody of Lázaro Vasco Francisco Castillo, an Afro-Cuban man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, diabetes, asthma, and other chronic health conditions, who died on June 10, 2025, at the “Diez de Octubre” Clinical Surgical Hospital, known as La Dependiente, in Havana. [...]
Cubalex warns of an escalation of repression by the Cuban regime against university students who have publicly spoken out against the exorbitant rates imposed by the state telecommunications monopoly, ETECSA. The reports reveal a pattern of systematic harassment, intimidation, and censorship, with actions that violate fundamental rights such as [...]
Despite the official discourse on the legality of this measure, the new rates imposed by ETECSA violate fundamental rights, contradict the Constitution, and directly affect consumers. Julio Ferrer Tamayo, a lawyer with Cubalex, analyzes the recent measures adopted by the Cuban Telecommunications Company (ETECSA), [...]
Cristian Jorge Labrada Fonseca is a 21-year-old Cuban man with no prior criminal record, sentenced on July 5, 2024, to 10 years in prison by the Central Territorial Military Court. His only “crime”: publishing opinions on social media. This is yet another case of [...]
From Cubalex, we express our firm support for the university students in Cuba who, in exercising their fundamental rights, have called an academic strike as a legitimate form of peaceful protest against the recent price increase imposed by ETECSA. This measure deepens the social and economic barriers that [...]
Cubalex reports the arbitrary detention of 21-year-old Alejandro Salazar Blanco, which occurred on May 22, 2024, in the city of Bayamo, Granma province, in the context of a peaceful protest held the previous day to express popular discontent with prolonged power outages and the [...]
