En el contexto del cuarto aniversario del 11 de julio de 2021 (11J), fecha que marcó un antes y un después en la historia reciente de Cuba, el equipo de monitoreo de Cubalex documentó 73 incidentes represivos en diversas provincias del país. Estas acciones afectaron directamente a al menos 78 [...]
Cubalex reports on the serious deterioration of the health of political prisoner Carlos Alberto Macdonald Ennis, held since March 2024 in El Típico Provincial Prison in Las Tunas. In his most recent communication with his family, Carlos reported that he is suffering from severe and persistent headaches [...]
Cubalex documentó 36 acciones represivas contra 38 personas en seis provincias de Cuba, en un operativo del régimen para impedir que activistas, periodistas y opositores asistieran a la recepción por el Día de la Independencia de EE. UU. en La Habana. El régimen cubano desplegó una nueva jornada represiva para [...]
Cristian Jorge Labrada Fonseca es un joven cubano de 21 años condenado injustamente a 10 años de prisión por expresar sus opiniones en redes sociales. Fue trasladado arbitrariamente al destacamento número 4 de la prisión Nieves Morejón, en Sancti Spíritus. Allí se le imponen restricciones ilegales como forma de castigo [...]
The life of Alejandro Morales Pereira is at risk. Cubalex is raising the alarm about the arbitrary detention, acts of torture, and lack of protection this political prisoner faces in Cuba. Alejandro was violently arrested after peacefully demonstrating in Encrucijada, Villa Clara, and is currently being held in inhumane conditions, despite [...]
Cubalex exposes the key role of prosecutor Eliannys Bárbara Infante Bazán in the human rights violations against activist Alexander Verdecia Rodríguez, imprisoned for exercising his freedom of expression on social media. Prosecutor Eliannys Bárbara Infante Bazán has played a key role in the criminal proceedings against [...]
Expressing an opinion shouldn't be a crime, but in Cuba it can cost you your freedom. Activist Alexander Verdecia faces up to 10 years in prison for criticizing the government on Facebook. His case reflects how the regime criminalizes freedom of expression to silence dissenting voices. Alexander Verdecia Rodríguez, a Cuban activist [...]
During the high-level debate commemorating the 10th anniversary of the Mandela Rules, the Cuban state asserted that it applies “good practices” in its prison system. However, the reality documented by Cubalex demonstrates the contrary. Yoangel Valido, representative of the Permanent Mission of Cuba to the United Nations, stated that [...]
Cubalex reports the death in custody of Lázaro Vasco Francisco Castillo, an Afro-Cuban man diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, diabetes, asthma, and other chronic health conditions, who died on June 10, 2025, at the “Diez de Octubre” Clinical Surgical Hospital, known as La Dependiente, in Havana. [...]
Cubalex warns of an escalation of repression by the Cuban regime against university students who have publicly spoken out against the exorbitant rates imposed by the state telecommunications monopoly, ETECSA. The reports reveal a pattern of systematic harassment, intimidation, and censorship, with actions that violate fundamental rights such as [...]
