"The Committee to Protect Journalists is disappointed that the Cuban government has not seen it fit to include independent media on its new list of professional activities freed from state control among economic reforms, according to news reports. On Wednesday [July 29], the government announced reforms allowing private enterprise in economic sectors such as transport […]
"Independent journalist Rolando Rodríguez Lobaina—director of Palenque Visión, leader of the Eastern Democratic Alliance, and a contributor to Martí Noticias—was detained this Wednesday [June 24] in the city of Camagüey. Around 8 p.m., independent journalist Yadisley Rodríguez Ramírez reported the arrest of the opposition member. Authorities also detained journalist Yoanni Limonta García, from Cienfuegos, who […]
"The International Center for Journalists (ICFJ) today [June 18] announced its 2026 Knight International Journalism awardees. José J. Nieves, an exiled media leader from Cuba who is the editor in chief of innovative news site elTOQUE, and Zeinab Mohammed Salih, a courageous freelance reporter covering the atrocities of the war in her home country of […]
"The independent journalist and activist Ángel Cuza Alfonso was arrested this Thursday [April 30] by agents of the Cuban State Security while he was with his young daughter at the corner of his house, according to a report shared on Facebook by activist Keilylli De La Mora Valle. [...] Cuza, a collaborator of the independent […]
On March 30, 2026, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) adopted Resolution 21/2026, through which it granted precautionary measures in favor of Jorge Bello Domínguez, Marta Domínguez Galero, Yuleydi López González, and Yésica Bello, having determined that they are in a situation of gravity and urgency, given that their rights to life, personal integrity […]
"During the month of March, three independent journalists—Yoani Sánchez, Camila Acosta and Mabel Páez—reported having been placed under police surveillance or subjected to de facto house arrest in the context of protests over the worsening energy crisis on the island, which they were covering. These constitute manifestly arbitrary restrictions that hinder the public-interest work carried […]
"The Cuban Institute for Freedom of Expression and the Press (ICLEP, for its Spanish initials) publicly denounces a new act of repression that occurred on March 1, 2026, in the Dobarganes neighborhood of Villa Clara province, which constitutes a direct violation of the legitimate exercise of press freedom in Cuba. According to information documented by […]
“In several parts of Havana, journalists and activists reported that State Security agents prevented them from leaving their homes on Feb. 24, the 30th anniversary of the downing of the Hermanos al Rescate planes. Journalist Camila Acosta shared on social media a photo of a man stationed near her home. 'This is the repressor on […]
"The Cuban regime prevented independent journalist Boris González Arenas from leaving the country this Wednesday [Feb. 18], as he had planned to travel to the United States to participate in the Edward R. Murrow project for journalists, focused on 'AI and technology in journalism,' as part of the IVLP 2026 (International Visitor Leadership Program). According to Boris […]
"The independent journalist and activist Yoani Sánchez, director of the digital media 14ymedio, was arrested this Wednesday [Jan. 28] in the streets of Havana by State Security agents, in an attempt to prevent her from attending a diplomatic reception organized by the U.S. chief of mission in Cuba, Mike Hammer. According to the report published […]
“Independent journalist Henry Constantin Ferreiro, head of the online news outlet La Hora de Cuba, posted a message on Facebook after his release on Monday [Jan. 26], following his arrest for the third time in January 2026, along with fellow journalist Alejandra García. Both were detained by State Security and released hours later. “ ‘My […]
"The struggle to maintain independent reporting now falls largely on those outside the island. Through conversations with four exiled journalists, a picture emerges of a movement that is physically displaced but editorially undeterred. It is worth noting that there are still journalists in Cuba doing independent journalism despite their government’s repression. [...] There has been […]