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

28/07/2026

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

20/07/2026

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

09/07/2026

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

30/06/2026

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

29/06/2026

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

25/06/2026

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

23/06/2026

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

18/05/2026

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

30/04/2026

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

21/04/2026

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 [...]

Pardon in Cuba: No Transparency and No Guarantees for Political Prisoners

03/04/2026

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. [...]

Cuban court contradicts itself and blocks Habeas Corpus in favor of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara

23/03/2026

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 [...]

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

10/12/2025

En el 15 aniversario de Cubalex, Laritza Diversent narra la historia de una organización que nació sin permisos en La Habana, sobrevivió un allanamiento en 2016, denunció hostigamientos, resistió el exilio forzado en 2017 y se reconstruyó hasta convertirse en referencia internacional. La carta reafirma tres principios que atraviesan toda [...]

15 años de Cubalex: memoria, resistencia y compromiso por los derechos humanos en Cuba

10/12/2025

El 15º aniversario de Cubalex no es solo la celebración de un hito institucional: es la memoria viva de miles de personas asistidas, de años de trabajo clandestino y visible, de resiliencia frente a la represión y de la construcción paciente de un ecosistema de apoyo para víctimas de violaciones [...]

Lanzan campaña ‘No me olvides’ sobre desapariciones en Cuba y la ausencia de protocolos de búsqueda

05/12/2025

Las plataformas Yo Sí Te Creo en Cuba (YSTCC) y el Observatorio de Género de Alas Tensas (OGAT) lanzaron el 25 de noviembre pasado la campaña 'No me olvides', con el objetivo de visibilizar las desapariciones en Cuba -sobre todo de mujeres y niñas-, así como la ausencia de protocolos [...]

Declaración de Cubalex sobre el exilio forzado del preso político José Daniel Ferrer García

13/10/2025

El opositor y preso político José Daniel Ferrer García, líder de la Unión Patriótica de Cuba (UNPACU), fue excarcelado este 13 de octubre de 2025 y viajó junto a parte de su familia hacia Estados Unidos, tras aceptar el destierro forzado impuesto por el régimen cubano como condición para su [...]

Cubalex condena violencia política del régimen cubano contra Rosa María Payá y respalda su elección en la CIDH

30/06/2025

La Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) eligió el 27 de junio a la activista cubana Rosa María Payá como una de sus nuevas integrantes, durante el 55º período de sesiones de la Asamblea General de la Organización de Estados Americanos (OEA). Foto: Rosa María Payá Acevedo/Facebook. Celebramos la reciente [...]

Declaración de Cubalex en defensa del derecho a la protesta pacífica de los estudiantes universitarios en Cuba

04/06/2025

Desde Cubalex expresamos nuestro firme respaldo a las y los estudiantes universitarios en Cuba que, en ejercicio de sus derechos fundamentales, han convocado un paro académico como forma legítima de protesta pacífica frente al reciente aumento de precios impuesto por ETECSA. Esta medida profundiza las barreras sociales y económicas que [...]

Respuesta del Estado cubano ante el Comité contra la Desaparición Forzada y postura de Cubalex: el caso de Félix Navarro sigue abierto

30/05/2025

El 29 de mayo de 2025, Cubalex presentó una respuesta formal ante el Comité contra la Desaparición Forzada (CED), en el marco del procedimiento de Acciones Urgentes AU Nos. 2033 a 2038/2025, activadas a raíz de la detención arbitraria y la desaparición de seis defensores de derechos humanos en Cuba. [...]

Cuba sin garantías legales: revocación de libertad condicional como forma de represión política

01/05/2025

Foto: Captura de pantalla del programa “A fondo”, de América TV. En declaraciones ofrecidas al periodista Juan Manuel Cao, Laritza Diversent destacó que el Estado cubano utiliza la revocación de la libertad condicional como forma de castigo político. La directora ejecutiva de Cubalex, Laritza Diversent, fue entrevistada por el reconocido [...]