On January 16, political prisoner Jorge Luis Rodríguez Valdés, known as 'Tangallo', was rushed to the hospital after staging a hunger strike. This action was his way of protesting the Cuban regime's lack of transparency regarding the recently announced prisoner releases. According to [...]
Lázaro Noel Urgellés Fajardo, imprisoned after the July 11, 2021 protests, was arrested again on January 12 following an arbitrary change in his legal status, which now requires him to serve the remainder of his sentence in prison. According to information received by Cubalex, the [...]
Activist Juan Luis Bravo Rodríguez was arrested on Monday, January 13, after appearing at an illegal summons at the State Security Operations unit in Guantánamo. According to information provided to Cubalex, he is accused of the alleged crime of “usurpation of functions,” and the authorities attempted [...]
Activist Juan Luis Bravo Rodríguez has been verbally summoned to appear on Monday, January 13, at the State Security Operations Unit in Guantánamo. On January 9, Major Caraballo, a State Security instructor, accompanied by another officer in civilian clothes, [...]
We denounce the systematic harassment and constant threats faced by political prisoner Edilberto Arzuaga Alcalá in jail, a situation that seriously compromises his physical and psychological well-being. According to information received, a guard identified as “Mesa” interrogated Arzuaga, accusing him of planning a demonstration with other inmates in [...]
Image taken from Cubanet. On January 9, State Security in Pinar del Río summoned and harassed several activists after they organized a solidarity activity for children as part of the Three Kings Day celebration on January 6. José Rolando Casares Soto, his [...]
In 2024, the Cubalex monitoring team systematically documented multiple forms of state repression, revealing alarming patterns of abuse of power that violate fundamental human rights. Repression is not simply a matter of statistics; each figure reflects a story of suffering and resistance against [...]
Image courtesy of the US Agency for Global Media. On January 7, Oscar Elías Biscet, founder of the Emilia Project and president of the Lawton Foundation for Human Rights, was arbitrarily detained and held incommunicado for several hours. Biscet, a former political prisoner, was arrested around [...]
Image taken from Martí Noticias. Kevin Damián Frómeta Castro, a political prisoner from the July 11, 2021 protests, has been on hunger strike for 14 days in prison 1580, located in San Miguel del Padrón. His health is critical, and prison authorities have not provided him with any assistance.
Ilsa Ramos, wife of political prisoner Yasmany González Valdés, has denounced a new act of arbitrariness within the Cuban prison system. The family visit scheduled for January 10th has been postponed without justification until the 20th, exacerbating the already critical situation faced by inmates in [...]
