When Ferrer Tamayo learned he was under travel restrictions in late 2019 while attempting to board a flight at José Martí International Airport, the lawyer initiated a series of legal actions. The Cuban regime recently lifted the travel restrictions (prohibition on leaving the country) that it had imposed on the lawyer since 2019.
Amnesty International demanded urgent action for the immediate release of three political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. Amnesty International (AI) launched two Urgent Actions this June related to Cuban political prisoners and prisoners of conscience. The first, launched on June 6, was dedicated to the general coordinator of the Union [...]
His sister, Ana Belkis Ferrer, recounted from exile that the family was “horrified” to see Ferrer García’s physical condition. Relatives of Cuban prisoner of conscience José Daniel Ferrer García recently denounced his serious decline in health after they were finally able to see him on June 22, following more than three years of separation.
Political prisoner and prisoner of conscience José Daniel Ferrer García has been held in solitary confinement and forced isolation for three months at Mar Verde prison in Santiago de Cuba province. As of June 12, the general coordinator of the Patriotic Union of [...] has been incarcerated for 88 days.
Michael Carey was arrested in July 2021, at just 19 years old, while sitting on his block with a friend. He was accused of throwing a rock at a police patrol car that had been on the block hours before his arrest. He always denied being the perpetrator.
Along with hundreds of innocent people imprisoned for exercising their right to peaceful protest: all must be released immediately, and the Cuban state must put an end to this repressive practice. Cuban siblings Frank Artola Plasencia (18 years old) and Hillary Gutiérrez Plasencia (26) were beaten and [...]
Yesterday, October 23, marked one year since State Security agents arrested César Iván Mendoza Regal to prevent him from traveling to the United States. Cubalex documented his case and filed an international complaint with the Committee against Enforced Disappearances, which requested the authorities [...]
The Old Havana Prosecutor's Office intends to overturn the decision made three months ago by the police, who fined them 1,000 pesos. The rapper was violently arrested on June 22nd. He was accused of assaulting a police officer while filming a house search in the park [...]
