The Cuban Public Prosecutor's Office has requested prison sentences of up to nine years for six people who participated in a peaceful protest on November 7, 2024, against prolonged power outages in the municipality of Encrucijada, in Villa Clara province. These individuals have been charged with [...]
“I feel I will never be able to live in freedom again,” wrote Juan Carlos Pérez González, a 59-year-old Cuban serving an unjust 15-year prison sentence for political reasons. A sentence handed down without evidence or guarantees. In a letter to which he had [...]
On November 7, 2024, the town of Encrucijada, in the province of Villa Clara, was the scene of a peaceful demonstration protesting the prolonged power outages. Residents took to the streets banging pots and pans as a form of civic expression, without committing acts of violence or engaging in confrontations with the authorities.
Photo: Taken from CiberCuba. On July 14, 2025, during a session of the Standing Committees of the National Assembly of People's Power, the Minister of Labor and Social Security, Marta Elena Feitó Cabrera, categorically declared that in Cuba “there are no beggars,” but rather people “in disguise” who “have sought a [...]
In the context of the fourth anniversary of July 11, 2021 (11J), a date that marked a turning point in Cuba's recent history, the Cubalex monitoring team documented 73 repressive incidents in various provinces across the country. These actions directly affected at least 78 people.
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 documented 36 repressive actions against 38 people in six Cuban provinces, in an operation by the regime to prevent activists, journalists, and opposition members from attending the U.S. Independence Day reception in Havana. The Cuban regime launched another day of repression to [...]
Cristian Jorge Labrada Fonseca is a 21-year-old Cuban man unjustly sentenced to 10 years in prison for expressing his opinions on social media. He was arbitrarily transferred to cellblock number 4 of the Nieves Morejón prison in Sancti Spíritus. There, he is subjected to illegal restrictions as a form of punishment [...]
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 [...]
