Statements

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

Cubalex presents at the ASCE Annual Conference the legal obstacles to humanitarian assistance in Cuba

Cubalex will participate this Saturday, September 26, in the 36th Annual Conference of the Association for the Study of the Cuban Economy (ASCE), at Florida International University (Miami). Its executive director, Laritza Diversent, will present the paper "Legal Obstacles to Humanitarian Assistance in Cuba and Their Impact on Policies [...]

Cubalex looks ahead: new identity, same mission, greater impact

On World Humanitarian Day, this August 19, Cubalex presents a new identity that reflects a mission sustained for more than 15 years: to provide legal assistance in response to emergencies requiring constant legal support. [...]

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. [...]

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. [...]

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. [...]

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. [...]

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. [...]

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. [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

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.

Open Letter on Our 15th Anniversary

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 through all of its work.

15 years of Cubalex: memory, resistance and commitment to human rights in Cuba

Cubalex's 15th anniversary is not just the celebration of an institutional milestone: it is the living memory of thousands of people assisted, of years of clandestine and visible work, of resilience in the face of repression, and of the patient construction of a support ecosystem for victims of rape [...]

'Don't forget me' campaign launched on disappearances in Cuba and the lack of search protocols

The platforms Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba (YSTCC) and the Alas Tensas Gender Observatory (OGAT) launched the 'Don't Forget Me' campaign on November 25th, with the aim of raising awareness about disappearances in Cuba—especially of women and girls—as well as the lack of protocols [...]

Cubalex statement on the forced exile of political prisoner José Daniel Ferrer García

Opposition leader and political prisoner José Daniel Ferrer García, head of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), was released on October 13, 2025, and traveled with some of his family to the United States, after accepting the forced exile imposed by the Cuban regime as a condition for his release.

Cubalex condemns the Cuban regime's political violence against Rosa María Payá and supports her election to the IACHR.

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) elected Cuban activist Rosa María Payá as one of its newest members on June 27, during the 55th session of the General Assembly of the Organization of American States (OAS). Photo: Rosa María Payá Acevedo/Facebook. We celebrate the recent [...]

Cubalex statement in defense of the right to peaceful protest of university students in Cuba

From Cubalex, we express our firm support for the university students in Cuba who, in exercising their fundamental rights, have called an academic strike as a legitimate form of peaceful protest against the recent price increase imposed by ETECSA. This measure deepens the social and economic barriers that [...]

Response of the Cuban State to the Committee against Enforced Disappearances and position of Cubalex: the case of Félix Navarro remains open 

On May 29, 2025, Cubalex submitted a formal response to the Committee against Enforced Disappearances (CED), within the framework of Urgent Action Procedures AU Nos. 2033 to 2038/2025, activated following the arbitrary detention and disappearance of six human rights defenders in Cuba. [...]

Cuba without legal guarantees: revocation of parole as a form of political repression

Photo: Screenshot from the program “A fondo” on América TV. In statements given to journalist Juan Manuel Cao, Laritza Diversent emphasized that the Cuban state uses the revocation of parole as a form of political punishment. The executive director of Cubalex, Laritza Diversent, was interviewed by the renowned [...]

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