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Cuban journalist and his family stranded in Peru and in serious danger after Nicaragua's refusal to allow them entry.

Photo: Taken from Enrique Díaz Rodríguez's Facebook profile. Independent journalist Enrique Díaz Rodríguez and his family are in a critical situation, stranded at Jorge Chávez International Airport in Lima, Peru. After leaving Cuba on November 1st with the intention of reaching Mexico, [...]

Arbitrary arrests and harassment against activists of the Union for a Free Cuba Party

Activist Yumaris Castillo Quesada, a member of the Union for a Free Cuba Party (PUNCLI) in Granma province, was arbitrarily detained by State Security on October 30. Castillo Quesada, wife of Roger Pérez Torres, PUNCLI coordinator in the province, was arrested in the municipality of Bartolomé [...]

Abuses Against Political Prisoner Lisdiany Rodríguez Isaac in Guamajal Prison

Cubalex denounces the abuses committed by authorities at the women's prison in Guamajal, Villa Clara, against Lisdiany Rodríguez Isaac, a 26-year-old woman sentenced to eight years for her participation in the July 11 protests. According to a report by Martí Noticias, Rodríguez Isaac was taken [...]

Inmate dies in Santiago de Cuba due to negligence while in state custody 

Cubalex lamenta informar sobre el fallecimiento de Enoldis Castellano Pagán, un recluso de 36 años que murió el 25 de octubre en Santiago de Cuba debido a la negativa de las autoridades penitenciarias a brindarle atención médica oportuna, a pesar de su grave estado de salud. De acuerdo con el [...]

Political prisoner Onaikel Infante Abreu: One year in prison without trial and in inhuman conditions

Onaikel Infante Abreu, preso político recluido en la prisión Combinado del Este en La Habana, enfrenta un grave deterioro de su salud debido a las precarias condiciones en prisión. Desde hace días, presenta diarrea, fiebre, vómitos y un intenso decaimiento, síntomas que podrían indicar una infección viral. Su esposa, Sujay [...]

Political prisoner Pedro Albert Sánchez on hunger strike in Havana

Pedro Albert Sánchez, a 68-year-old Cuban political prisoner, is in critical condition after beginning a hunger strike on October 20 at Havana's Prison 1580. This act of protest, motivated by the violence he denounces in the country, represents a [...]

Mother of political prisoner suffers stroke after brutal beating of her son

Yenisey Taboada Ortiz, mother of Duannis León Taboada, a political prisoner from the July 11th massacre, suffered a stroke after receiving news that her son had been brutally beaten at the Combinado del Este prison in Havana and subsequently transferred to solitary confinement. Yenisey is currently hospitalized [...]

Repression in Cuba: Activist Boris Agustín Osorio is arrested and abandoned in a deserted area 

Photo: Taken from Cubanet. Boris Agustín Osorio Ramos, a human rights defender, was arbitrarily detained in the early morning hours of October 19, during a blackout caused by the energy collapse in Cuba, and subsequently abandoned in an uninhabited area, in a serious violation of his fundamental rights. The [...]

Reports of water shortages and unsanitary conditions in Cuban prisons

Sissi Abascal Zamora, a political prisoner from the July 11 (11J) massacre, denounced the lack of water at the La Bellotex women's prison, located in the province of Matanzas. This situation further aggravates the already precarious living conditions of the inmates, making it difficult for them to maintain adequate hygiene and [...]

Gerardo Díaz Alonso, political prisoner of 11J, dies in maximum security prison

Gerardo Díaz Alonso, a July 11 protester and political prisoner, died on October 17 in the Canaleta maximum-security prison in Ciego de Ávila after suffering a heart attack, according to social media reports. Díaz Alonso, 35, and a father of two, was serving a sentence [...]

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