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 [...]
Cuba is experiencing one of the most severe energy crises in its recent history. The total collapse of electricity generation has left much of the country without access to essential services such as electricity, water, and communication, deepening a food crisis that was already severely affecting [...]
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 [...]
Photo: Juan Carlos Hernández/AFP. The Venezuelan regime's repression of its own people, who are legitimately protesting in the streets against the alleged reelection of Nicolás Maduro and irregularities during the electoral process, constitutes a flagrant violation of human rights. The people of Venezuela are raising their voices, [...]
The undersigned organizations make the following declaration in commemoration of the third anniversary of the demonstrations held on July 11, 2021 (11J - hereinafter) and the following days in Cuba, and demand that the Cuban State respect, protect, and guarantee the human rights of all its inhabitants, without [...]
Photo: Cubalex Archive. On March 27, 2024, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) received a request to extend precautionary measures, urging the body to demand that the Cuban State protect the rights of Marienys Pavó Oñate. The lawyer is being harassed by state agents in [...]
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 [...]
On April 11, 2024, the regional campaign “It’s Happening Again” was launched, a joint effort by several human rights organizations to shed light on the alarming situation of people deprived of their liberty for political reasons in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela. Photo: [...]
The UN Working Group on Arbitrary Detention called for the immediate release of Yandier García Labrada, a Cuban farmer and dissident sentenced to five years in prison for “contempt,” “assaulting authority,” and “spreading epidemics.” In its Opinion No. 68/2023, issued during the 98th session of the Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, the Group called for the immediate release of Yandier García Labrada, a Cuban farmer and dissident sentenced to five years in prison for “contempt,” “assaulting authority,” and “spreading epidemics.”
The Cuban State accepted 292 of the 361 recommendations received during the fourth cycle of the Universal Periodic Review. They announced they would take note of 41 and rejected 28, related to the rights to freedom of expression and association. Washington, D.C., March 26, 2024 – After the [...]
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 [...]
