This Thursday, August 15, authorities at El Guayabo prison on the Isle of Youth denied inmate Ricardo Borrero García, who is serving an eight-year sentence, the right to a family visit. According to information provided to Cubalex, Borrero García had coordinated with [...]
For the second time, authorities have rejected the request for parole for political prisoner Reyna Yacnara Barreto Batista, imprisoned for her participation in the July 11 protests in Camagüey. Her brother, Hansel Oms Batista, reported via a Facebook post that the first request, which [...]
Yonay Moreu Leal, a political prisoner from the July 11th massacre, is being denied access to a minimum-security regime by prison authorities, despite his good behavior. According to information sent to Cubalex, Moreu Leal participates in study courses and has not committed any disciplinary infractions. However, [...]
On August 1, activist Claudia Genlui publicly denounced the alarming situation of activist and political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, who is being subjected to systematic harassment in prison that seriously compromises his physical and mental well-being. Genlui reported that, during a [...]
In the field of human rights, every life lost under suspicious circumstances demands a strong response and a thorough investigation by the State. The recent death of Ernesto Figueredo Alarcón, a 23-year-old man, at the hands of a police officer, raises serious concerns about compliance with [...]
Julio Ferrer Tamayo and his wife Marienys Pavó Oñate. Photo: Courtesy of Julio Ferrer Tamayo. The Governing Council of the Supreme People's Court rejected in early June the claim for "damage and moral injury" filed by Cubalex lawyer Julio Ferrer Tamayo against Otto Molina Rodríguez, president of [...]
On June 18, 2024, the Artemisa Provincial Court notified Javier González Fernández, imprisoned for the protests of July 11, 2021, for the second time of the denial of his request for early release. González Fernández suffers from severe neurological impairment, major depressive disorder, generalized anxiety, and chronic insomnia, [...]
Political prisoner Eider Frómeta Allen was brutally beaten in Boniato Prison, located in Santiago de Cuba, after declaring a hunger strike to protest the authorities' refusal to allow him his right to a visit. Frómeta Allen began the strike on June 14, after [...]
The Guantánamo Provincial Prosecutor's Office refused to accept an appeal filed by activist Yasser Ravelo Díaz against the fine imposed on him under Decree Law 370, a clear violation of his fundamental rights. On May 14, the activist was summoned to [...]
Journalist and former political prisoner Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca arrived in the United States on June 5th, accompanied by his wife, Eralidis Frómeta, after serving nearly three years of a five-year prison sentence for the alleged crimes of “enemy propaganda and [...]
