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Denial of documents as a mechanism of repression: the case of political prisoner Lázaro Urgellés

14/09/2026

Cubalex alerta sobre la permanencia arbitraria en prisión del preso político del 11J Lázaro Noel Urgellés Fajardo, cuya condena debía extinguirse el pasado 6 de septiembre, y denuncia la negativa de las autoridades cubanas a entregar los documentos legales que expliquen el supuesto cambio en su fecha de liberación. [...]

Reporting is not a crime: Prosecutor requests 10 years in prison for Virgilio Mantilla

11/09/2026

According to an investigation conducted by the Provincial Unit for Crimes Against State Security in Camagüey, the Prosecutor's Office of that province formalized charges against Virgilio Mantilla Arango and Tomás Roberto Agüero Yanes. The indictment demonstrates how the Cuban state uses the Penal Code to intimidate [...]

Cuba Primero members case: 8 sentenced to prison in Las Tunas for expressing opinions and posting on social media

10/09/2026

A new ruling by the Provincial People's Court (TPP) of Las Tunas exposes the continued use of the judicial system in Cuba to persecute and punish political dissent. Sentence No. 10 of 2026 from this court imposed prison terms of between seven and eight years on individuals [...]

Summons, interrogation and imprisonment: Cubalex warns of a repressive chain in Cuba

09/09/2026

The Cuban regime continues to use official summonses as a mechanism of intimidation and control against independent civil society activists and citizens who do not necessarily belong to an opposition organization or movement. Monitoring by Cubalex recorded 219 arbitrary summonses in Cuba up to August 2026, directed at both [...]

Sady Reynaldo Companioni: the punishment of a Cuban mother for demanding basic rights

08/09/2026

The case of Sady Reynaldo Companioni demonstrates how, in Cuba, the exercise of fundamental rights can become grounds for persecution when citizens' demands challenge the actions of the authorities. The woman, a resident of Lawton, in the Diez de Octubre municipality, has been detained since August 28, after [...]

Harassment, arrests and threats: the repressive escalation against Yunia Figueredo and Frank Correa

07/09/2026

Since last July, the Cuban opposition couple Yunia Figueredo and Francisco Correa have faced increased harassment and repression from the authorities, in a context marked by the peaceful protests that took place that month in Jaimanitas, Playa municipality, Havana. [...]

ALERT: Maikel Armentero Oramas has been on hunger strike for 10 days and will be sent back to prison

04/09/2026

Cubalex reports on the situation of Maikel Armentero Oramas, a protester from the July 11th demonstrations, who has been on a hunger strike for 10 days at the Third Unit of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) in Santa Clara. The opposition member began the protest to demand his freedom and that of all Cuban political prisoners. [...]

Six years in prison for banging pots and pans: Cuban Supreme Court against the right to peaceful protest

04/09/2026

On July 28, 2026, the Supreme People's Court of Cuba ratified the six-year prison sentence against writer and independent journalist José Gabriel Barrenechea Chávez for the crime of public disorder, as well as the sentences of the other political prisoners for the same offense.

Violence shows no signs of letting up in Cuba: August marks another record number of homicides, according to Cubalex monitoring

02/09/2026

Por segundo mes consecutivo, el monitoreo de Cubalex registró un récord de homicidios en Cuba, con 52 casos documentados durante agosto, una cifra que podría aumentar en los próximos días a medida que la organización concluya la recopilación y verificación de reportes y denuncias publicados en redes sociales y otras [...]

The arrest of Andy García demonstrates the continued repression against the 11J protesters who have been released from prison.

01/09/2026

So far this year, the organization's monitoring has recorded 54 repressive incidents against 28 protesters from the July 11th demonstrations who were not in prison at the time these events occurred. [...]