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

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 [...]

Cubalex Statement on the Announced Release of 51 Persons Deprived of Liberty in Cuba

16/03/2026

On March 12, the Cuban government announced the release of 51 people deprived of their liberty, officially presented as a gesture of “goodwill” on the eve of Holy Week and “in the spirit of close and fluid relations” with the Vatican. [...]

Cubalex Warns the IACHR of Transnational Repression and Calls for Coordinated Regional Action

13/03/2026

Laritza Diversent speaks at the IACHR public hearing on transnational repression in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela, during its 195th session. During this session, Cubalex denounced before the Commission the escalating repression that transcends Cuban borders. [...]

Cubalex files urgent action before the United Nations for survivors of Florida boat incident

06/03/2026

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 [...]

IACHR Recognizes the Criminalization of Art in Cuba Through the Case of Maykel Osorbo

09/02/2026

On October 4, 2018, Cubalex filed a petition with the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) regarding the case of rapper Maykel Castillo Pérez (Osorbo), who has been a political prisoner since 2021. Seven years later, on December 3, 2025, the IACHR published the Admissibility and Merits Report [...]

Open Letter on Our 15th Anniversary

10/12/2025

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

10/12/2025

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

05/12/2025

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 [...]

URGENT STATEMENT | Cubalex alerts about the critical health condition of Yosvany Rosell García

02/12/2025

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 statement on the humanitarian crisis in eastern Cuba after Hurricane Melissa

30/10/2025

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. [...]

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

13/10/2025

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.

Stattements and Advocacy

Open letter on our 15th anniversary

Laritza Diversent, Executive Director of Cubalex

Cuba before the UPR: International organizations call for strong recommendations regarding human rights violations

15/11/2023

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 [...]

Civil society demands the release of political prisoners in Cuba

13/11/2023

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 [...]

Statement by human rights organizations on the situation of Cuban political prisoners

20/02/2023

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 [...]