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Statements and Advocacy

Cubalex issues statements and press releases when events demand a clear institutional stance. Each statement is supported by verified evidence and is addressed to those who have the power and the obligation to act.

Press Releases

Cuba Before the IACHR: Cubalex to Denounce Social Militarization on August 4
On August 4, 2026, Cubalex will present a comprehensive report to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), based on six months of documentation, on the progressive militarization of civilian life in Cuba. This presentation will take place during the 196th Session. [...]
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Inter-American Commission Holds the Cuban State Responsible for Human Rights Violations Against Cubalex
The Cubalex Legal Information Center and the Robert & Ethel Kennedy Human Rights Center welcome the decision published today by the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which declares the Cuban State responsible for illegal surveillance, harassment, repression, and arbitrary detention. [...]
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UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances Activates Urgent Action for Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
The United Nations Committee against Enforced Disappearances (CED) activated an Urgent Action following a request submitted by Cubalex regarding the transfer to an unknown location and the incommunicado detention of visual artist and human rights defender Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara. [...]
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UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances Activates Urgent Actions for Detainees in Contramaestre, Including Minors
The United Nations Committee against Enforced Disappearances (CED) simultaneously activated ten urgent actions following a formal request submitted by Cubalex, regarding the arbitrary detentions, incommunicado detention, and subsequent concealment of the whereabouts of ten people in the municipality of Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba province. [...]
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UN Committee on Enforced Disappearances Activates Urgent Action for Rapper Matos MC K-Libre
The United Nations Committee against Enforced Disappearances (CED) activated an Urgent Action following a request submitted by Cubalex regarding the detention and incommunicado detention of Cuban independent rapper Andrés Matos Alcántara, known artistically as Matos MC K-Libre or Matos Klibre. [...]
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Human Rights in the Cuban Transition: Contributions Toward Real Change
Cubalex welcomes the publication of the report "Consultation with Independent Civil Society on its Proposals and Analysis for a Democratic Transition in Cuba," prepared by Cultura Democrática and Consorcio Justicia. We consider it valuable that actors from independent Cuban civil society are promoting this discussion. [...]
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Economic Opening Is Not Enough Without Democracy or Legal Certainty
Comparative experience also demonstrates that economic reforms implemented without democratic institutions, transparency, and citizen oversight tend to favor processes of wealth concentration for the benefit of political and economic elites, rather than genuine economic liberalization based on equal opportunities and the rule of law. [...]
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Cuban State Institutionalizes Exclusion and Control Over Citizens Through New Migration Laws
Cubalex expresses its deep concern following the publication this May in Official Gazette No. 39 of 2026 of Law 171 on Migration, Law 172 on Citizenship, and Law 173 on Foreigners, which would reinforce the exclusion and control of citizens both [...]
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Cubalex's UN Advocacy Forces Cuba to Reveal Data Pointing to Overrepresentation of Afro-Descendants in Prisons
The participation of the organization Cubalex in Cuba's recent review before the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) had a direct and verifiable impact on the development of the dialogue with the State. An analysis of the transcripts confirms that the rapporteurs systematically incorporated [...]
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Supreme Court Upholds Prison Sentence of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Until July 9, 2026
The Criminal Chamber of the Supreme People's Court of Havana (TSP) rejected on April 7 the appeal filed on behalf of activist and political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, upholding that his sentence extends until July 9, 2026. The decision is based on the fact that [...]
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Pardon in Cuba: No Transparency and No Guarantees for Political Prisoners
The Cuban government announced on April 2nd the release of more than two thousand people sentenced to prison through a pardon in the context of Holy Week. Cubalex denounces the persistent lack of transparency in this process. The authorities have not published an official list. [...]
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Cuban court contradicts itself and blocks Habeas Corpus in favor of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara
The Provincial Court of Artemisa rejected the habeas corpus petition filed by Cubalex on behalf of the artist and political prisoner Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara with a ruling containing evident legal contradictions: the same document states that he is under provisional detention and simultaneously that he is serving a sentence, two [...]
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Stattements and Advocacy

Open letter on our 15th anniversary

Laritza Diversent, Executive Director of Cubalex
On Cubalex's 15th anniversary, Laritza Diversent recounts the story of an organization that was born without permits in Havana, survived a raid in 2016, denounced harassment, resisted forced exile in 2017, and rebuilt itself to become an international benchmark. The letter reaffirms three principles that run throughout Cubalex's history: memory as defense, documentation as resistance, and dignity as its guiding principle.
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Human Rights in the Cuban Transition: Contributions Toward Real Change
Cubalex welcomes the publication of the report "Consultation with Independent Civil Society on its Proposals and Analysis for a Democratic Transition in Cuba," prepared by Cultura Democrática and Consorcio Justicia. We consider it valuable that actors from independent Cuban civil society are promoting this discussion. [...]
Read More

Economic Opening Is Not Enough Without Democracy or Legal Certainty
Comparative experience also demonstrates that economic reforms implemented without democratic institutions, transparency, and citizen oversight tend to favor processes of wealth concentration for the benefit of political and economic elites, rather than genuine economic liberalization based on equal opportunities and the rule of law. [...]
Read More

Cuban State Institutionalizes Exclusion and Control Over Citizens Through New Migration Laws
Cubalex expresses its deep concern following the publication this May in Official Gazette No. 39 of 2026 of Law 171 on Migration, Law 172 on Citizenship, and Law 173 on Foreigners, which would reinforce the exclusion and control of citizens both [...]
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Cubalex's UN Advocacy Forces Cuba to Reveal Data Pointing to Overrepresentation of Afro-Descendants in Prisons
The participation of the organization Cubalex in Cuba's recent review before the Committee on the Elimination of Racial Discrimination (CERD) had a direct and verifiable impact on the development of the dialogue with the State. An analysis of the transcripts confirms that the rapporteurs systematically incorporated [...]
Read More

Pardon in Cuba: No Transparency and No Guarantees for Political Prisoners
The Cuban government announced on April 2nd the release of more than two thousand people sentenced to prison through a pardon in the context of Holy Week. Cubalex denounces the persistent lack of transparency in this process. The authorities have not published an official list. [...]
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Cubalex Statement on the Announced Release of 51 Persons Deprived of Liberty in Cuba
On March 12, the Cuban government announced the release of 51 people deprived of their liberty, officially presented as a gesture of “goodwill” on the eve of Holy Week and “in the spirit of close and fluid relations” with the Vatican. [...]
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Cubalex Warns the IACHR of Transnational Repression and Calls for Coordinated Regional Action
Laritza Diversent speaks at the IACHR public hearing on transnational repression in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, during its 195th session. During this session, Cubalex denounced before the Commission the escalating repression that transcends Cuban borders. [...]
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IACHR Recognizes the Criminalization of Art in Cuba Through the Case of Maykel Osorbo
On October 4, 2018, Cubalex filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) regarding the case of rapper Maykel Castillo Pérez (Osorbo), who has been a political prisoner since 2021. Seven years later, on December 3, 2025, the IACHR published the Admissibility and Merits Report [...]
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