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 fears for the life and safety of lawyer Julio Ferrer.

Havana, Cuba, October 12, 2016 – Julio Ferrer Tamayo, an independent lawyer, human rights activist, and member of the Cubalex Legal Information Center, has been imprisoned since September 23 for demanding that authorities respect national legislation and the right to [...]

PCC does not respond to proposals from civil society on a new electoral reform

Havana, Cuba, April 27, 2016 – The Cubalex Legal Information Center, the Cuban Youth Dialogue Table, and the Pedro Luis Boitel Abraham Party for Democracy recently presented three proposals for reforming the Cuban electoral process, taking into account that in the Plenary Session of the Committee [...]

Civil society presents three electoral proposals to the Communist Party of Cuba

Havana, Cuba, April 16, 2016 – The Legal Information Center 'Cubalex', together with the Cuban Youth Dialogue Table and the Pedro Luis Boitel Abraham Party for Democracy, the three Civil Society Organizations (CSOs) in Cuba, taking advantage of the celebration of the VII Congress [...]

Three key proposals for reforming the Cuban electoral system

Havana, Cuba, March 21, 2016 – On February 23, 2015, the 10th Plenum of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of Cuba (PCC) announced that at its 7th Congress, to be held in April 2016, the National Assembly of People's Power would be asked to modify the [...]

Continued harassment of Cubalex members

Secretaría Ejecutiva de Cubalex es amenazada con ser arrestada por exigir respeto de la ley y sus derechos. La Habana, Cuba, 17 de marzo de 2016.- El pasado 15 de marzo de 2016, en horas de la noche, fue requerida oficialmente a presentarse en la mañana del 17 de marzo, [...]

Cubalex condena el asesinato de la activista hondureña Berta Cáceres.

La Habana, Cuba, 15 de marzo de 2016.- La actitud política de Berta Cáceres no debió ser nunca un “requisito” para ser asesinada, como ha dicho la prensa internacional.

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CUBALEX solicita al gobierno de Cuba reconocimiento como Asociación

La Habana, Cuba, 11 de marzo de 2016.- Laritza Diversent Cambara, Directoral del Centro de Información Legal Cubalex comenzó los trámites de legalización ante el Ministerio de Justicia (MINJUS) con vista a constituirse como Asociación denominada.

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El caso del abogado Julio Ferrer explicado en tres etapas

La Habana, Cuba, 10 de Marzo 2016.- Para los que no entiendan el lenguaje jurídico es necesario que el caso del abogado y opositor Julio Ferrer, sea explicado en tres etapas sencillas aunque los escenarios en los que se ha visto envuelto no son para nada sencillos.

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Cubalex independiza sus acciones de proyecto #Otro 18

La Habana, Cuba, 11 de febrero de 2016.- Después de un trabajo conjunto por casi un año nuestro oficina independiza sus acciones del proyecto #Otro 18, una vez que el grupo de organizaciones que lo conforman, han ganado en madurez política, lo que le permitirá seguir su curso, sin contar [...]

Cubalex lawyer under threat of imprisonment

Julio Ferrer has been imprisoned on two other occasions for demanding respect for his clients' rights. Havana, Cuba, February 2, 2016. - Independent lawyer, human rights activist, and member of the Cubalex Legal Information Center, Julio Ferrer Tamayo, was sentenced to 3 years [...]

The smear campaign against Cubalex intensifies over the "Another 18" project.“

This has jeopardized the work carried out by the members of the Cubalex Legal Information Center. Havana, Cuba, December 22, 2015. A website that only disseminates official government information published several articles on December 8, 17, 19, and 24, 2015, discrediting [...]

Cuba: Artist Jailed for Writing the Names “Fidel” and “Raúl” on Two Pigs

Artist Danilo Maldonado has still not been formally charged after 90 days of imprisonment Havana, Cuba, 25 March 2015.-Danilo Maldonado, known as “El Sexto” (the Sixth), is still being held in prison after his arbitrary arrest three months ago today.

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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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