Es común que las personas con residencia en Cuba, una vez iniciada la vida escolar, aproximadamente a los 6 años y a medida que pasan de un nivel educacional a otro, ingresen en organizaciones sociales y de masas. Primero la de pioneros, a los 14 años las sociales y [...]
La sociedad civil oficial está conformada por más de 2 mil organizaciones. Tienen reconocimiento constitucional y legal. Entre ellas se destacan “las sociales y de masas”, surgidas en “el proceso histórico de lucha de la Revolución” y las que “funcionan en virtud de la Ley de Asociaciones”. Estas organizaciones tienen [...]
On September 23, in Havana, a human rights organization's headquarters was raided, and a lieutenant colonel ordered four women and one man to undress. "Undress!" was the phrase I heard. I pressed my lips tightly together; my brain refused to process the order. I watched his hands [...]
It's an ordinary day in November 2016. As usual, the members of Cubalex visit the headquarters; the emptiness of their offices is almost unbearable, their faces aren't what they used to be, but they remain united. "Some mail has arrived," announced an assistant. "Read it aloud," they all exclaimed. It's a [...]
Madam, first of all, my greetings and respect. I am writing because a colleague gave me your address. I've heard you are an independent lawyer, but I don't know your fees or if you are doing this to help someone who has been unjustly sanctioned. As she writes on the blank sheet of paper, she looks toward the [...]
Inspection! We're going to check your personal belongings. They took away your Cubalex letters. The next day they were taken out of their cells. The Prosecutor's Office wants to interview you, the prison guard told them. No one explained why. Prosecutor Beatriz de la Peña la O is conducting the interrogations. The other official, Sailehs [...]
I knew a man with a serene gait, a very clear voice, and precise words, whose hand didn't tremble when making a denunciation, whose voice didn't falter when demanding justice. One day, you could have seen him on the street without stopping to observe him, without shaking his hand [...]
The white-haired man, with his old cane and a gentle gait, as usual, took his familiar route. It was the morning of September 23, 2016. He didn't encounter the usual children on their way to school; there was only a group of civilian men and [...]
Havana - Cuba, January 25, 2016 – The Cubalex Legal Information Center announces the publication of the microsite Diary of a Political Prisoner (http://diariodeunpresopolitico.tumblr.com/), where several letters and thoughts that the lawyer Julio Ferrer Tamayo has been writing since September 23rd are collected [...]
Proudly Black, brave by conviction, tell me why you unjustly accuse him. You know the power, you made your own laws, you taught him to think, and now you want him to submit. Does it bother you because he's Black, or because he speaks truths? Truths you hide, covering them up.
