The youth collective 'Fuera de la Caja Cuba' published a video on their X account this Wednesday, demanding the immediate release of all political prisoners in Cuba, with a direct message to the regime: «Your days are numbered».
In the video lasting just over a minute, the activists denounced that more than 1,260 individuals are "slowly dying in prisons that increasingly resemble extermination camps" and call on the international community for its silence.
"Every day there are more political prisoners in Cuba, and the world seems to care little. Where is the European Union? Even UNICEF. Do Cuban lives not matter at all?", asked the young people in the recording.
The collective rejected the notion that prisoners should be treated as a statistic: "They are not a number; they are sons, they are fathers, they are brothers. They are Cuba because what they did was show the courage that many of us have hidden."
The message also included a clear warning to the regime of Miguel Díaz-Canel: "The Cubans are not the same as we were a few years ago. We will no longer allow them to mock the people. Your days are numbered. So before you leave, do something good for once and release those innocents."
The video ended with a promise: “We will not stop. Until the last breath. Until the last political prisoner returns to their family. Until justice is served. Until Cuba is free!”
'Fuera de la Caja Cuba' was founded in early January 2026 in the Cerro municipality of Havana, by four young individuals around twenty years old: Karel Daniel Hernández Bosques, Amanda Beatriz Andrés Navarro, Abel Alejandro Andrés Navarro, and Mauro Reigos Pérez.
Since its public emergence, the group has endured a systematic campaign of repression by State Security: disabling of phones by ETECSA, hacking of WhatsApp accounts, and intimidation at the homes of its members.
On April 25, agents of the State Security summoned Yusleidy Bosques, mother of Karel Daniel, with only an hour's notice, in a typical pressure tactic used by the regime against the families of activists.
Despite the repression, the collective has gained international recognition. On May 15, the American diplomat Mike Hammer met in Cuba with members of the group, and Secretary of State Marco Rubio sent them greetings and encouragement.
At the end of May, the collective published another viral video in which it responded to Díaz-Canel: «You do not govern Cuba, you have it kidnapped».
The video arrives at a time when the number of political prisoners in Cuba has reached unprecedented levels. According to Prisoners Defenders, Cuba ended April with 1,260 political and conscience prisoners —an absolute record— with 785 behind bars, 475 under house arrest or other restrictive measures, and 23 new arrests in just that month.
Among the most emblematic cases are the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, sentenced to five years and incarcerated in Guanajay with a sentence ending in July 2026, and the rapper Maykel Osorbo, sentenced to nine years and imprisoned in Pinar del Río until 2030.
In April 2026, it was revealed that the Trump administration had given the Cuban regime a two-week secret ultimatum —during a meeting held on April 10 in Havana— to release high-profile prisoners.
The deadline expired on April 24 without Cuba releasing any prisoners in response to that demand, and the regime denied that any conditions had been set: “Neither party established any coercive proposals,” stated the Cuban official Alejandro García del Toro.
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