Cristian Jorge Labrada Fonseca is a 21-year-old Cuban man with no prior criminal record, sentenced on July 5, 2024, to 10 years in prison by the Central Territorial Military Court. His only “crime”: publishing opinions on social media. This is yet another case of [...]
Cubalex reports the arbitrary detention of 21-year-old Alejandro Salazar Blanco, which occurred on May 22, 2024, in the city of Bayamo, Granma province, in the context of a peaceful protest held the previous day to express popular discontent with prolonged power outages and the [...]
From the Holguín provincial prison, political prisoner Leoncio Rodríguez Ponce, 59, has denounced new reprisals and systematic harassment by State Security. Violent search and suspension of phone calls: On May 22, prison guards conducted a search of his cell. During the [...]
The situation of political prisoner Félix Navarro Rodríguez, 71, remains alarming. Although the Cuban state claims he is being held in Agüica prison, in Matanzas province, under supposedly normal conditions, the reality experienced by his wife, Sonia Álvarez, and the evidence gathered by [...]
Photo: Taken from social media. The presence of former Cuban judge Amalio Alfaro Matos in the United States has generated outrage among activists, journalists, and victims of repression in Cuba. Known for his key role in the judicial persecution of dissidents, Alfaro Matos emigrated to the U.S. in 2023. Since his [...]
Photo: Mike Hammer meets with relatives of political prisoners in Holguín. Source: Mailín Sánchez/Facebook. Cubalex warns of a new wave of repression in Cuba, aimed at preventing members of independent civil society from meeting with Mike Hammer, Chargé d'Affaires of the United States Embassy in La Paz.
La salud del preso político cubano Dixan Gaínza Moré, condenado por participar en las protestas del 11 de julio de 2021, está en grave riesgo tras declararse en huelga de hambre y ser enviado a celda de castigo en la prisión de máxima seguridad Kilo 8, en Camagüey. Cubalex denuncia [...]
Cubalex alerta sobre el crítico estado de salud de Miguel Alfonso Jiménez Marrero, preso político cubano de 51 años, quien se encuentra en huelga de hambre desde hace más de 20 días. Actualmente cumple una condena de 12 años de prisión en el centro penitenciario La Pendiente, en Villa Clara, [...]
Foto: Juan Luis Bravo Rodríguez/Facebook. Cubalex denuncia un nuevo acto de represión política contra Juan Luis Bravo Rodríguez, activista del Partido Unión por Cuba Libre (PUNCLI) y del Proyecto Emilia, citado de manera arbitraria en Guantánamo bajo amenaza de prisión. Contexto de la citación En la mañana del 15 de [...]
El preso político y activista de la Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU), encarcelado desde enero de 2019, enfrenta condiciones inhumanas, negación de atención médica y represalias por denunciar abusos desde la prisión de Boniato, en Santiago de Cuba. Desde Cubalex alertamos sobre las sistemáticas violaciones de derechos humanos que sufre [...]
