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. [...]

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 [...]

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. [...]

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 [...]

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.

Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria exige “libertad plena” para el activista Yandier García Labrada

El Grupo de Trabajo sobre la Detención Arbitraria de la ONU solicitó la liberación inmediata de Yandier García Labrada, un campesino y opositor cubano condenado a cinco años de prisión por “desacato”, “atentado a la autoridad” y “propagación de epidemias”.  En su Opinión No.68/2023, emitida durante el 98º período de [...]

Cuba: Sociedad civil independiente exige al Estado acatar recomendaciones del EPU

El Estado Cubano aceptó 292 de las 361 recomendaciones recibidas durante el cuarto ciclo del Examen Periódico Universal. Anunciaron que tomarán nota de 41 y rechazaron 28, relacionadas con los derechos a la libertad de expresión y de asociación. Washington DC, 26 de marzo de 2024.– Después de que el [...]

Cuba bajo escrutinio: violaciones de derechos e incumplimiento de obligaciones internacionales 

Durante el cuarto ciclo del Examen Periódico Universal (EPU) de la ONU, celebrado el 15 de noviembre de 2023, Cuba enfrentó un nuevo escrutinio bajo este mecanismo, el cual reveló desafíos importantes por parte del Estado en el cumplimiento de sus obligaciones internacionales en materia de derechos humanos. Cuba recibió [...]

Llamado a la Acción Contra la Violencia de Género en Cuba  

Ante el incremento alarmante de la violencia de género en Cuba, en este Día Internacional de la Mujer, hacemos un llamado a intensificar nuestras exigencias y acciones en favor de la protección de las mujeres en la Isla. Hasta principios de marzo, el Observatorio de Género Alas Tensas (OGAT) y [...]

Denuncian ante la CIDH aumento de la represión estatal hacia organizaciones de derechos humanos en Cuba  

En una audiencia temática sobre Cuba ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, organizaciones denuncian el recrudecimiento de la represión estatal, las violaciones de derechos humanos y exigen acciones urgentes para apoyar a la sociedad civil independiente en Cuba. Una coalición de 13 organizaciones internacionales y de la sociedad civil [...]

Laritza Diversent: “La represión del derecho a la libertad de asociación en Cuba es continua y sistemática” 

Laritza Diversent, abogada defensora de derechos humanos y directora de Cubalex, destacó en la Audiencia temática “Cuba: Derecho a la libertad de asociación”, ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos, el complejo panorama legal que profundiza las restricciones a las libertades fundamentales y obstruye cualquier forma de asociación independiente en [...]

Julio Ferrer: “La neutralización de líderes es una estrategia clave de la represión estatal en Cuba” 

Julio Ferrer Tamayo, abogado de Cubalex, expuso ante la Comisión Interamericana de Derechos Humanos (CIDH) la compleja situación que enfrentan las organizaciones independientes de la sociedad civil en Cuba, debido al acoso continuo por parte del Estado cubano. Destacó que la implementación sistemática de estos métodos constituye un patrón dirigido [...]

La defensa de derechos humanos en Cuba sigue bajo asedio

En el marco del Día de los Derechos Humanos y de la celebración del 75 aniversario de la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos, manifestamos nuestra profunda preocupación porque en Cuba se siga deteniendo arbitrariamente, se hostigue y se intimiden a personas defensoras de derechos humanos, periodistas y artistas. Pese [...]

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