El activista Oscar Pupo Cruz informó a Cubalex que el 28 de mayo, el mayor de la Seguridad del Estado, Juan Alfonso Abreu Reyes, irrumpió en su vivienda portando un arma y lo acusó de manifestarse en contra de Díaz-Canel. El oficial, vestido de civil y en estado de embriaguez, [...]
Luis Ángel Benítez Hernández, de 28 años, falleció mientras estaba bajo custodia en la unidad policial de San Juan y Martínez, en la provincia de Pinar del Río. Su muerte pone de relieve graves violaciones de derechos humanos e incumplimiento de las obligaciones del Estado. Según la información proporcionada por [...]
This May 20, the anniversary of the founding of the Republic of Cuba, State Security intensified its repression against activists and independent journalists, with acts of harassment that began days earlier. Cubalex documented multiple repressive actions, including police surveillance, house arrests, threats, selective internet outages, [...]
Cubalex recibió información sobre una protesta ocurrida en el barrio Van Van, en la localidad de Cabacú, municipio Baracoa, en Guantánamo, entre las 10 y las 11 de la noche del 16 de mayo. Según una fuente local, residentes de la comunidad salieron a la calle gritando “queremos comida” y [...]
The Havana Provincial People's Court notified on May 13 that the habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of journalist José Luis Tan Estrada, who was arbitrarily detained at Villa Marista from April 26 to May 1, was inadmissible. The team [...]
Cubalex has received information about several repressive actions against activists and independent journalists in the province of Pinar del Río. These incidents include police operations, home searches, and confiscation of work materials. Arbitrary arrests, threats, and illegal summonses have also been reported in that province. Activist Yoelexis Acosta [...]
On May 10, Alexander Díaz Rodríguez, a political prisoner from the July 11 massacre, was transferred to the forced labor camp known as “El 25,” located in the municipality of Sandino, Pinar del Río province, in retaliation for the publication of a photograph showing his severe state of malnutrition, according to a source who spoke to Cubalex. [...]
Instruction No. 212 of November 9, 2011, issued by the Governing Council of the Supreme People's Court, stipulates that the right to receive copies of final judicial decisions must be guaranteed. However, this fundamental right is frequently violated in Cuba. On May 2, Julio Ferrer [...]
On May 1st, and in the days leading up to it, Cuba experienced an intense day of repression characterized by surveillance operations, internet service outages, illegal summonses, arbitrary arrests, interrogations, and threats, all aimed at restricting the movement of activists and journalists. Cubalex has documented multiple incidents since [...]
Mayelín Rodríguez Prado, known as “La Chamaca del Chamaco,” was sentenced to 15 years in prison for live-streaming the August 2022 protests in the Pastelillo neighborhood of Nuevitas via Facebook. The 23-year-old mother received the harshest sentence for [...]
