The human rights organization Cubalex filed Urgent Action requests with the United Nations Committee against Enforced Disappearances (CED) regarding six survivors* of the incident that occurred on February 25, 2026, when a boat registered in the state of Florida was intercepted by Cuban troops [...]
The situation of Yosvany Rosell García Caso demands immediate action from the Cuban state and the international community. Cubalex reports on the critical health condition of Yosvany Rosell García Caso, a political prisoner from the July 11th massacre, who on December 1st completed forty days on hunger strike and is currently [...]
Cubalex expresses deep concern about the serious humanitarian situation facing eastern Cuba after Hurricane Melissa. The intense rains caused flooding, landslides, and severe damage, leaving a large number of people without communication, electricity, telephone service, and access to food. [...]
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.
We denounce the arbitrary revocation of the parole of political prisoners José Daniel Ferrer García and Félix Navarro Rodríguez, who were released in January 2025 as part of negotiations between the Cuban regime and the Vatican. The Supreme People's Court announced the revocation of their parole on April 29, alleging [...]
Photo: Screenshot from the IACHR public hearing/Cubalex. On March 4, Cubalex participated in the regional hearing of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), within the framework of its 192nd Session, on the “Situation of Arbitrary Deprivation of Liberty for Political Reasons,” along with [...]
Photo: Screenshot from the public hearing/Cubalex. During the 192nd Session of the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), on March 3, 2025, Cubalex presented the critical situation of people deprived of their liberty with psychosocial disabilities in Cuba. Once again, the Cuban State [...]
This December 10th, International Human Rights Day, Cubalex celebrates its 14th anniversary. More than a decade of constant work began in Havana, Cuba, on December 10, 2010, with a team of lawyers and human rights defenders, united by the dream [...]
Photo: Screenshot. On December 6, the event “Representing Cuban Women at the United Nations,” organized by the Cuban Research Institute, was held at Florida International University (FIU). This event, which included the participation of prominent human rights defenders such as Laritza Diversent, director [...]
Photo: Screenshot. The lawyer and human rights advocate pointed out that the lack of judicial independence in Cuba affects justice and reinforces a climate of impunity in which human rights violations go unpunished. On November 6, Laritza Diversent, executive director [...]
Photo: Screenshot. Laritza Diversent, executive director of Cubalex, participated in the 2099th public meeting of the 89th session of the Committee on the Elimination of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) with human rights non-governmental organizations. During her intervention, she highlighted the serious shortcomings [...]
The Commission urges the Cuban government to take urgent protective measures to guarantee the fundamental rights of Aniette González García, improve her detention conditions, and ensure she receives the necessary medical care, with a gender perspective and in compliance with international obligations. The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights [...]
