“Artículo 19 condemns the wave of repression the Cuban state has undertaken since September against independent journalists from digital media in Cuba. This has worsened with the implementation of the Social Communication Law on October 4, 2024. On October 4, Cuban digital media outlets El Toque, Cubanet, Periodismo de Barrio, and Magazine AM denounced a […]
"On Sept. 24, independent journalist Yeris Curbelo Aguilera was sentenced to two years in prison by a court in Guantanamo [Cuba] for the alleged crime of minor injuries. After the trial, Curbelo was transferred to the Guantanamo Combined Prison, according to Martí Noticias. His wife, Odalis Legrá Castellanos, told the Center for a Free Cuba […]
“The highest number of violations against civil liberties in Cuba in July were related to access to digital space, amounting to 46 restrictions, according to the the Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and Press (ICLEP, for its acronym in Spanish). [...] The 101 incidents recorded by the entity, whose main headquarters is in Miami, […]
“Immigration officials in Nicaragua denied entry to the Cuban activist and independent journalist Yoel Acosta Gámez and his wife, Alisanni Lores Furones, the legal advisory group Cubalex reported on X. The activist said in a video posted by Cubalex that they bought the tickets three months in advance. They had a flight scheduled for 4 […]
“The independent website El Toque thrived in Cuba during the period of relative openness surrounding the 2016 visit to the island by US president Barack Obama, during which he met with Cuban leader Raúl Castro. But rising tensions with the Trump administration, the transfer of power to a new president, Miguel Díaz-Canel, in 2019, the […]
"Miami-based Cuban journalist José Jasán Nieves Cárdenas told the Committee to Protect Journalists that he received a threatening text message on June 21 from an unknown number with an Ecuadorian country code, which said, ‘we know exactly where to find you’ and included a photo and video of a car driving past his house. Nieves, […]
“The Committee to Protect Journalists calls on Cuban authorities to allow the media to report freely on July 11 demonstrations, following threats made against independent journalist José Luis Tan Estrada to deter him from covering the anniversary of the massive 2021 protests. Tan Estrada said on Facebook that he was in a park in the […]
"The Government of the President of Ecuador, Daniel Noboa, revoked the visa of Cuban journalist and actress Alondra Santiago, under the argument that the communicator, who in the electoral campaign positioned herself in favor of the Correísta candidate Luisa González, allegedly committed acts that threaten the security of the State. 'What was once fake news, […]
“Independent Cuban journalist and activist Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca, who has been in prison since June 2021 and was sentenced in 2022 to five years in prison for continued enemy propaganda, left the island this Wednesday [June 5] for the United States after obtaining humanitarian parole. As EFE was able to confirm through various sources, […]
"Cuban journalist Carlos Michael Morales Rodríguez has been on a hunger strike for one week, detained in the Provincial Investigation Center of Villa Clara under accusations of attacks and disobedience. The Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH, for its acronym in Spanish) launched this Thursday [May 16] an alert for the life of the former […]
“Nineteen Cuban journalists, activists and activist artists launched a petition this Monday [April 29] on change.org that was addressed to the global community and colleagues. In it, they demand the ‘immediate' release of Cuban independent reporter José Luis Tan Estrada. Tan Estrada was detained on April 28. He is currently being held at the headquarters […]
"Independent journalist Camila Acosta was detained Sunday [April 21] in [the Cuban municipality of] Cárdenas, [Matanzas province], on orders from State Security when she was on her way to visit relatives of political prisoners, according to CubaNet, the media outlet where the she works. Acosta was held at a police station in Cárdenas for an […]