The four students did their homework. After an intense debate, adding and removing words, they chose the best tweet: #Cuba, The CCP elite, in order to maintain power, prevents us from participating in economic life through the Foreign Investment Law. The professor congratulated them. [...]
Friday, September 23, 2016, at Cubalex, the human rights defenders were enjoying their usual daily routine. Amid greetings, smiles, and a good cup of their customary coffee, they were getting ready to work. A member of the organization alerted them that something strange was happening nearby; officers from the [...]
The Cuban state was recently elected to the Human Rights Council (HRC), a fact it celebrated in the official media. It also announced that it was preparing its national report for the Third Cycle of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). The UPR is a mechanism established by the HRC, [...]
Dear readers: Of Horror and Ministries is a miniseries of short stories based on the experiences of Cubalex members and the people served by our organization. We chose this literary genre to place our readers in the same time and place as the human rights defenders [...]
The illegal and arbitrary judicial process to which I have been subjected demonstrates the double standard maintained by the Cuban authorities regarding the observance and respect for human rights, authorities who swear before international organizations to fully comply with each and every one of the [...]
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 [...]
Domingomonterrojo left us a comment criticizing the three proposals presented by Cubalex to the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC). “The argument that the CDRs exert pressure to become Party members or “integrated” collapses,“ he stated. According to the commentator, ”they are rather lax bodies.” We agree with [...]
Dear readers, a commentator on our blog, Domingomonterrojo, argued that the three proposals presented by Cubalex to the PCC “are not aimed at democratizing the Cuban electoral system.” “The one I would propose,” he added, “would not conform to the desires for Cuba’s submission that the oligarchs of the United States and [...]
En Cuba no hay condiciones para el ejercicio de los derechos económicos, sociales y culturales. La afirmación es fácilmente rebatida, “todos los cubanos tenemos salud y educación gratuita”. Continuemos el debate con otra pregunta: ¿Quien decidió que no podíamos invertir en un hotel o formar empresas mixtas con el estado? [...]
September 23, 2016, marked a turning point in the lives of Cubalex members, especially for us women. The violent raid on our headquarters left us with a profound sense of vulnerability, helplessness, and terror. It was our safe haven, and it was violated. That day [...]
