Artist Danilo Maldonado has still not been formally charged after 90 days of imprisonment Havana, Cuba, 25 March 2015.-Danilo Maldonado, known as “El Sexto” (the Sixth), is still being held in prison after his arbitrary arrest three months ago today.
[...]Ninety days after his imprisonment, there is no formal charge against cartoonist Danilo Maldonado. Havana, Cuba, March 25, 2015 - Authorities are keeping artist Danilo Maldonado, known as "El Sexto," in prison after he was arbitrarily detained by the operational police.
[...]After the release of a report on Cuban prisons, smear campaigns and harassment intensified. Havana, Cuba, March 20, 2015 – On the morning of March 12, unidentified individuals raided the Cubalex office and stole a laptop, a tablet, an iPod, a modem, [...]
By Laritza Diversent After maintaining virtually unchanged immigration controls for more than half a century, the Cuban government began implementing its new policy on January 14, 2013. This policy has allowed many Cubans to travel without government permits. Until then, the immigration regulations applied by [...]
By Laritza Diversent, Esq. Currently, the legal system in Cuba provides for the receipt of complaints and the obligation to respond, but not for restitution in cases where a human rights violation is proven, nor for its processing through the courts. None of the legal provisions that address this issue make any mention [...]
By Laritza Diversent, Esq. Traditionally, a lawyer is someone knowledgeable in the laws of their country who professionally assumes the direction and defense of parties in all kinds of legal proceedings or provides legal advice. However, in the Cuban legal system, it is considered [...]
Cubalex shares with you, via the Jurisconsulto de Cuba blog, the Manual_Rights and Duties for Cuban Citizens. Send it to your friends and family in Cuba; they will find it very useful.
[...]Most Cuban citizens are unfamiliar with the legal system in place on the island and the procedures they must follow to exercise any legal action, whether in civil, criminal, administrative, family, or other matters, especially those related to their civil and political rights. They are frequently victims of [...]
Saavedra's question: Hello Laritza, thank you very much for agreeing to clarify aspects of the new Immigration Law. I would like to ask you two questions. First: I have been working outside of Cuba for a year and a half. To come here, I had to request a release (letter of no objection) in February 2011 at the [...]
