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Killing of Opposition Figure Reveals Escalating Violence and Lack of Citizen Protection in Cuba
Cubalex reclama una investigación diligente, independiente y efectiva que permita esclarecer las circunstancias de su muerte, identificar a los responsables y garantizar justicia para su familia. La organización considera especialmente preocupante que este hecho ocurra en un contexto de incremento sostenido de la violencia ciudadana en Cuba, frente al cual [...]
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Repression Reaches Citizens with No Ties to the Opposition: 139 Incidents Recorded in First Half of 2026
Durante el primer semestre de 2026, la represión en Cuba no se limitó a activistas, opositores o integrantes de organizaciones de la sociedad civil. El monitoreo de Cubalex registró un aumento de las detenciones arbitrarias contra ciudadanos que no pertenecen a ninguna organización ni movimiento opositor y que, en muchos [...]
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Lismani Acosta Gómez Has Spent Over a Month in Pretrial Detention After Being Arrested During a Cacerolazo
Cubalex alerta sobre la situación de Lismani Acosta Gómez, un joven de 19 años que permanece privado de libertad desde el 6 de julio, cuando fue detenido durante un cacerolazo en Vía Blanca, cerca del semáforo de Guanabacoa, en La Habana. Más de un mes después de su arresto, continúa [...]
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The Criminal Weaponization of "Privacy" Against Anna Sofía Benítez and Her Mother
Although the proceedings were dismissed in April 2026, the criminal case was reopened in July following a complaint filed by the officer involved, who alleged that the publication of his image on social media violated his right to privacy and exposed him to reprisals. The [...]
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Exile in Exchange for Freedom: Another Coercion Mechanism of the Cuban Government
Las autoridades cubanas y la Seguridad del Estado utilizan cada vez más la salida del país como una vía para reducir la presión sobre personas consideradas incómodas, condicionando en algunos casos la libertad de los presos políticos a que ellos o sus familiares acepten abandonar Cuba [...]
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The Law of Associations as a Tool of State Control in Cuba: The Case of Freemasonry
The current conflict within Cuban Freemasonry brings back into focus a question that transcends the organization's internal disputes: how far can the State go in regulating an association, and when does that regulation become interference and control over its autonomy? [...]
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Political Prisoner Marcos de la Luz Caballero's Life at Risk After Hunger Strike and Hospital Incommunicado Detention
Political prisoner Marcos de la Luz Caballero Granados, held at the San Miguel del Padrón Open Penitentiary (EPA), began a hunger strike on August 7, 2026, and is currently facing incommunicado detention in a hospital, which seriously endangers his life. [...]
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Enforced Disappearances in Cuba: 53 Incidents in the First Half of 2026 Reveal a Pattern of Repression and Impunity
Entre el 1 de enero y el 30 de junio de 2026, Cubalex documentó 53 eventos que implican desaparición forzada en Cuba, una práctica prohibida por el derecho internacional que continúa siendo utilizada por las autoridades cubanas como mecanismo de represión, castigo e intimidación. [...]
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Criminalization of Freedom of Expression in Cuba: The Case of Jesús Gabriel Pérez Menocal
Jesús Gabriel Pérez Menocal, a 37-year-old Cuban citizen with legal residency in El Salvador, traveled to Cuba on August 3, 2022, to visit his family in Sagua la Grande, Villa Clara province. Jesús Gabriel created the community Facebook page "Sagua la Grande Noticias," a space [...]
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Institutionalized Defenselessness: Law 143 and the Gap in Court-Appointed Defense
Social and Economic Context. Cuba presents a complex sociopolitical context, marked by a worrying increase in repression and the criminalization of the effective exercise of rights such as freedom of expression, assembly, and association. This repressive reality is compounded by a deep and sustained economic crisis. [...]
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