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 [...]
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.
