"Independent journalist Anay Remón García was questioned and threatened this Thursday afternoon, April 8, by two political police agents. During her interrogation, in the Zanja police unit, belonging to the municipality of Centro Habana, regime officials threaten to put her in jail because of her collaboration with the unofficial media outlet CubaNet. 'In short, what […]
"The journalist and TV presenter of National Television, Yunior Smith Rodríguez, left Cuba and denounced some reasons why he decided to become an emigrant, among them influence peddling at the ICRT [Cuban Institute of Radio and Television]. [...] ‘My journey began with disgust and bitter disappointment because of the experiences I lived through while at […]
"Cuban authorities restored on Monday, Feb. 21 the accreditations of three journalists from the EFE agency team in Cuba, withdrawn in November 2021. This is a decisive step towards the normalization of the journalistic activity of the Spanish agency on the island. The International Press Center (CPI) took this step after a meeting in Havana […]
"The president of EFE, Gabriela Cañas, lamented this Jan. 12 that the Cuban government seems to be 'kicking out' this media outlet by withdrawing accreditation from its journalists in Havana. Cañas warned that the Spanish news agency is beginning to consider whether to stay on the island. Cañas made these statements when speaking at a […]
"Two Cuban journalists who remained stranded for more than 30 hours at the San Salvador International Airport have been admitted to the Central American country by the government of President Nayib Bukele, after the regime of Daniel Ortega, an ally of Havana, rejected their entry to Nicaragua. Independent reporters Esteban Rodríguez and Héctor Luis Valdés […]
"Journalist Lázaro Yuri Valle Roca, from the digital media outlet Delibera.org, has been detained for more than 100 days, with kidney problems and without adequate medical assistance, awaiting trial in the Combinado del Este Penitentiary center in Havana since June 15, 2021. Despite the fact that his wife requested a habeas corpus appeal on June […]
"The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) awarded the Grand Prize for Press Freedom 2021 to media executive Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro, from Nicaragua; and the journalist Henry Constantín Ferreiro, from Cuba. Upon substantiating its decision, the IAPA extended the award to independent journalists from both countries who this year, 'one of the darkest periods,' have […]
“Independent journalist Camila Acosta, who is under State Security surveillance, showed on her social networks photos and videos of the agents trying to hide behind a tree in front of her house, so as not to be seen while checking the movements of the young woman. Acosta pointed out that on Sept.16 she will complete […]
“On August 17, the Cuban government enacted new regulations that criminalize the sharing of ‘false’ and ‘offensive’ information online, and grant authorities expanded powers to restrict online speech, according to the text of the regulations and press reports. [...] The director of cybersecurity for the Cuban Ministry of Communications, Pablo Domínguez Vásquez, said in a press conference that […]
“'I am not free, but at least I am out of the dungeons,' Camila Acosta told CPJ via messaging app after her release to house arrest on July 16 following a four-day detention for covering the recent protests in Cuba. Acosta, who is based in Havana, covered protests on July 11 for the Cuban independent […]