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

Cubalex condemns wave of threats, coercion and psychological torture against independent journalists in Cuba

Cubalex condemns and views with concern the threats and coercion against young journalists working for independent media outlets in Cuba. We remind the Cuban state that it must refrain from any act constituting torture or ill-treatment through its organs and agents, prohibitions [...]

Petition from organizations and media outlets urging that the request of Cuban activist Ariel Ruiz Urquiola be heard

Today, Monday, July 11, Cuban scientist, farmer, and activist Ariel Ruiz Urquiola is on day 8 of his hunger and thirst strike, which he will continue until his body can no longer endure it, in front of the Palais Wilson in Geneva, Switzerland, the current headquarters of the Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights [...]

Cuba: Organizations demand immediate release for artists Luis Manuel Otero and Maykel Castillo

Mexico City, June 17, 2022 – On May 30 and 31, 2022, the oral trials of Cuban artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel Castillo Pérez (known as Maykel Osorbo) took place. As a result, the Marianao Municipal Court, located in [...]

Considerations of the Committee against Torture on Cuba

Transcript: Cubalex Remarks by Sébastien Touze, Vice-President of the United Nations Committee against Torture, on April 21, 2021, during the 73rd session of the CAT. Sébastien Touze: A non-governmental organization, Prisoners Defenders, has stated that the Cuban Ministry of Justice exercises broad regulatory functions over [...]

Activists, human rights organizations and the families of persons deprived of liberty in Cuba collectively urge the IACHR to conduct an in loco visit to Cuba in order to understand the situation

A public hearing titled “Human rights situation in the context of the protest in Cuba” was held today 10/21, during which families, activists and human rights organizations urged the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to request that the Cuban government allow the IACHR to conduct an in loco visit [...]

Family members, activists, and human rights organizations are requesting an on-site visit from the IACHR to verify the situation of people deprived of their liberty in Cuba.

Thursday, October 21, 2021 – Today, the thematic hearing “Human Rights Situation in the Context of the Protests in Cuba” was held, during which family members, activists, and human rights organizations asked the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to request the Cuban government [...]

ARTICLE 19 and CUBALEX demand the immediate release of journalists detained in the context of the protests in Cuba

UPDATE July 20, 2021 - Following up on the statement published by ARTICLE 19 and CUBALEX on July 16, which indicated that Henry Constantin, director of La Hora de Cuba, along with collaborators Iris Mariño and Niefe Rigau; Orelvys Cabrera, of [...] were detained at that time

Independent organizations and media outlets are calling on the Cuban government to respect the right to demonstrate and freedom of expression and to stop the violence against protesters.

Cubalex, as one of the signatory organizations, condemns the Cuban government's repression of citizen protests that began on July 11, 2021, and continue to this day. We also urgently call on the administration of Miguel Díaz-Canel to halt all acts of violence [...]

Four international human rights organizations demand the release of a detained journalist

The Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ), the International Women's Media Foundation (IWMF), Article 19 (Central America and Caribbean Office), and Cubalex are demanding the release of Mary Karla Ares Pérez, detained since April 30 in connection with her journalistic work. Ares is being held in jail [...]

Compliance with the precautionary measures of the IACHR in favor of the MSI would mark a turning point in the relationship between the Cuban State and independent civil society.

Cubalex, ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America Office, and Defiende Venezuela welcome the publication of Resolution 14/2021, through which the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) granted precautionary measures in favor of 20 individuals belonging to or associated with the San Isidro Movement (MSI) of Cuba, considering [...]

Urgent call to preserve the lives of the strikers gathered at the headquarters of the San Isidro Movement

The undersigned international and Cuban civil society organizations, independent Cuban media outlets, and activists and citizens condemn the harassment, police violence, human rights violations, and repressive acts perpetrated by Cuban authorities against artists, journalists, and independent civil society actors, [...]

85 civil society organizations express concern about Cuba's re-entry into the UN Human Rights Council

In response to Cuba's election to its fifth term on the Human Rights Council, 85 Cuban and international human rights and freedom of expression organizations, along with independent media outlets, issued the following statement: We are deeply concerned about the decision to grant Cuba a [...]

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.

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