During the fourth cycle of the UN Universal Periodic Review (UPR), held on November 15, 2023, Cuba underwent further scrutiny under this mechanism, which revealed significant challenges for the State in fulfilling its international human rights obligations. Cuba received [...]
Given the alarming increase in gender-based violence in Cuba, on this International Women's Day, we call for intensified demands and actions to protect women on the island. Until early March, the Alas Tensas Gender Observatory (OGAT) and [...]
At a thematic hearing on Cuba before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, organizations denounced the intensification of state repression and human rights violations, and demanded urgent action to support independent civil society in Cuba. A coalition of 13 international and civil society organizations [...]
Laritza Diversent, a human rights lawyer and director of Cubalex, highlighted at the thematic hearing “Cuba: Right to Freedom of Association” before the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, the complex legal landscape that deepens restrictions on fundamental freedoms and obstructs any form of independent association in [...]
Julio Ferrer Tamayo, a lawyer with Cubalex, presented to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) the complex situation faced by independent civil society organizations in Cuba due to ongoing harassment by the Cuban state. He emphasized that the systematic implementation of these methods constitutes a pattern aimed at [...]
Use of Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty for Political Reasons in Latin America and the Caribbean February 20, 2024 The undersigned civil society organizations, meeting in Mexico City, express our deep concern regarding the increased use of arbitrary deprivation of liberty for political reasons [...]
Cubalex publishes in full a statement signed by independent organizations and media outlets demanding the release of reporter and activist Luis Ángel Cuza Alfonso, sentenced in November 2023 to one year and six months in prison for political reasons. Wednesday, January 10, 2023. The organizations and media outlets [...]
On the occasion of Human Rights Day and the 75th anniversary of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, we express our deep concern that human rights defenders, journalists, and artists continue to be arbitrarily detained, harassed, and intimidated in Cuba. Despite [...]
The undersigned organizations call upon the participating States to issue firm and decisive recommendations regarding the systematic human rights violations in Cuba. Within the framework of the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the State of Cuba will be evaluated this 15th [...]
Organizations that signed the petition. Photo: Race & Equality. On November 7, several Cuban civil society organizations participated in the 188th Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Laritza Diversent, lawyer and executive director of Cubalex, presented the critical situation of the members [...]
The recent release of 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners and their immediate deportation to the United States has raised concerns among Cuban civil society about a similar “solution” in the current context on the island. The protests of 2021 and 2022 resulted in the deaths of 768 demonstrators [...]
The undersigned organizations express our concern regarding the growing climate of hostility, abuses, and arbitrary detentions of those who have demonstrated peacefully in Cuba between September 29 and October 2. Following Hurricane Ian on September 27, the disruption [...]
The undersigned organizations call upon the participating States to issue firm and decisive recommendations regarding the systematic human rights violations in Cuba. Within the framework of the 44th session of the Universal Periodic Review (UPR), the State of Cuba will be evaluated this 15th [...]
Organizations that signed the petition. Photo: Race & Equality. On November 7, several Cuban civil society organizations participated in the 188th Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR). Laritza Diversent, lawyer and executive director of Cubalex, presented the critical situation of the members [...]
The recent release of 222 Nicaraguan political prisoners and their immediate deportation to the United States has raised concerns among Cuban civil society about a similar “solution” in the current context on the island. The protests of 2021 and 2022 resulted in the deaths of 768 demonstrators [...]
