Alertas archivos

Telephone incommunicado exacerbates the vulnerability of people deprived of their liberty in Cuba

25/09/2026

So far in September, Cubalex has received more than a dozen complaints related to the interruption of telephone communications in 15 Cuban prisons, a situation that has left numerous families without regular contact with their incarcerated loved ones. [...]

Henry Constantin has been detained for a week without legal guarantees and without his lawyer's access to the case file.

23/09/2026

Independent journalist Henry Constantin, director of the Cuban news outlet La Hora, has been detained for a week without effective legal guarantees and under a supposed provisional detention order that, to date, his defense has been unable to review with documentation. [...]

Harassment, surveillance and detention: patterns of repression against civil society linked to the US Embassy

22/09/2026

Between January 23 and September 18, 2026, Cubalex documented at least 86 incidents of repression directly related to the U.S. Embassy in Havana or to Mike Hammer, the chargé d'affaires at the diplomatic mission. [...]

Beating and prison transfer of political prisoner Ángel Serrano Hernández

18/09/2026

Political prisoner and prisoner of conscience Ángel Serrano Hernández, sentenced to 14 years in prison for participating in the anti-government protests of July 11 and 12, 2021, in La Güinera, Havana, was brutally beaten inside the prison and subsequently transferred to another facility [...]

Jorge Bello Domínguez: More than a year of waiting for surgery and new health complications

16/09/2026

El preso político del 11J Jorge Bello Domínguez continúa sin recibir la atención médica especializada que necesita en la prisión de máxima seguridad de Guanajay, en Artemisa, donde permanece recluido desde marzo de 2025. [...]

Denial of documents as a mechanism of repression: the case of political prisoner Lázaro Urgellés

14/09/2026

Cubalex alerta sobre la permanencia arbitraria en prisión del preso político del 11J Lázaro Noel Urgellés Fajardo, cuya condena debía extinguirse el pasado 6 de septiembre, y denuncia la negativa de las autoridades cubanas a entregar los documentos legales que expliquen el supuesto cambio en su fecha de liberación. [...]

Summons, interrogation and imprisonment: Cubalex warns of a repressive chain in Cuba

09/09/2026

The Cuban regime continues to use official summonses as a mechanism of intimidation and control against independent civil society activists and citizens who do not necessarily belong to an opposition organization or movement. Monitoring by Cubalex recorded 219 arbitrary summonses in Cuba up to August 2026, directed at both [...]

ALERT: Maikel Armentero Oramas has been on hunger strike for 10 days and will be sent back to prison

04/09/2026

Cubalex reports on the situation of Maikel Armentero Oramas, a protester from the July 11th demonstrations, who has been on a hunger strike for 10 days at the Third Unit of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) in Santa Clara. The opposition member began the protest to demand his freedom and that of all Cuban political prisoners. [...]

Violence shows no signs of letting up in Cuba: August marks another record number of homicides, according to Cubalex monitoring

02/09/2026

Por segundo mes consecutivo, el monitoreo de Cubalex registró un récord de homicidios en Cuba, con 52 casos documentados durante agosto, una cifra que podría aumentar en los próximos días a medida que la organización concluya la recopilación y verificación de reportes y denuncias publicados en redes sociales y otras [...]

The arrest of Andy García demonstrates the continued repression against the 11J protesters who have been released from prison.

01/09/2026

En lo que va de año, el monitoreo de la organización ha contabilizado 54 eventos represivos contra 28 manifestantes del 11J que se encontraban fuera de prisión en el momento en que ocurrieron estos hechos. [...]