On January 16, the trial began in the Camagüey Provincial People's Court against 14 protesters from the municipality of Nuevitas for their participation in popular protests in August 2022. The trial is being held in the Courtroom for Crimes Against Public Safety [...]
Armando Cruz Álvarez, delegate of the Movement of Opponents for a New Republic (MONR) and activist with the Democracy Movement in Ciego de Ávila, was arrested and released the following day under threat of facing charges for his opposition activism. His son, Otoniel Cruz, also a delegate of the MONR and a member [...]
Political prisoner Roberto Pérez Fonseca, serving his sentence in Quivicán prison in Mayabeque for his participation in the July 11, 2021 protests, is experiencing a crisis due to stomach ulcers and is not receiving adequate medical attention. Despite vomiting [...]
Roleivis León, the first person deprived of his liberty to die this year while in the custody of the Cuban state, has generated deep concern. León was being held in Canaleta prison in Matanzas for a crime related to illegally leaving the country. According to reports circulated [...]
On November 1, the Havana Provincial People's Court rejected a habeas corpus petition filed on behalf of political prisoner Adrián Curuneaux Steven, vice president of the Movement of Opponents for a New Republic (MONR). The activist has been imprisoned since August 3 at the [...] penitentiary.
In February 2022, Jorge Luis Boada Valdés, a 29-year-old Cuban political activist, was arrested by Cuban authorities after painting slogans against Cuban ruler Miguel Díaz-Canel in public places in Havana. He was summoned and subsequently arrested at the Aguilera police station, [...]
The case of Fernando García Consuegra exposes the crisis in medical care in prisons and the violations of prisoners' rights in Cuba. On October 9, inmate Fernando García Consuegra, 66, died of a heart attack while [...]
At the Children's Home and the Behavioral School where she lives, in the province of Mayabeque, Nathalie's daily life is fraught with adversity. The 13-year-old Cuban girl, Nathalie Álvarez López, is a living testament to the human rights violations [...]
The case of Yussuan Villalba Sierra highlights the implications and potential violations of prison rules, underscoring the need for a prison system that respects the rights and dignity of inmates. On March 4, 2023, Yussuan Villalba Sierra, a political prisoner from the July 11 attacks, suffered [...]
Two State Security agents were waiting for him at the police station, and the reason for his arrest was the lawsuit Ferrer Tamayo filed on September 20 against the National Assembly of People's Power (ANPP). Cubalex lawyer Julio Ferrer Tamayo was arrested on September 22 [...]
