Karel Daniel Hernández Bosques, a member of the independent collective Fuera de la Caja Cuba, was released on Friday night after spending approximately 12 hours under interrogation at the police unit on Aguilera Street, in the 10th of October municipality, Havana.
The group announced the release via Facebook with a message that left no doubt about the reason for the arrest: "Finally, after 12 hours of interrogation, he was released. 12 hours of interrogation just for making videos and uploading them to the Internet."
Hernández Bosques had been summoned along with another member of the collective, Mauro Reigosa Pérez, to appear at that same police unit. Before attending, the young man publicly bid farewell with a phrase that encapsulated the atmosphere of fear surrounding Cuban activists, in which he asked to be wished luck and expressed his belief that the abuses against activists would soon come to an end.
Reigosa Pérez, spokesperson for the group, had denounced in a video the situation they are facing: "We are experiencing a wave of repression against all Cubans who create content or engage in political activism," she stated, adding, "Everyone who speaks the political truth about this country is being harassed."
Fuera de la Caja Cuba is a youth collective founded in January 2026 in the Cerro municipality of Havana, composed of young individuals in their twenties who produce videos, theater, and digital content with liberal or libertarian themes and religious faith. Its members are recognizable by their red caps featuring the slogan "Make Cuba Great Again."
It's not the first time the group has faced this kind of pressure: on July 2, siblings Amanda and Abel Andrés Navarro were held for more than eight hours in that same Aguilera unit. In October, influencer Anna Sofía Benítez Silvente —also involved in creating content for the group— and her mother were sentenced to two years of restricted freedom for publishing images of a Ministry of the Interior agent from inside their own home.
The detention of Hernández Bosques marks a week of unprecedented repressive escalation in Cuba. CubaNet collaborator Adelth Bonne Gamboa was arrested in Santos Suárez, interrogated for about 45 minutes, fined 3,000 pesos under Decree-Law 370, and had his computer, phone, camera, tripods, headphones, and microphone confiscated.
Journalist Camila Acosta was handcuffed and detained for more than eight hours while heading to a veterinary appointment. And journalist and activist, Yoani Sánchez was detained by State Security as she left her home in Nuevo Vedado and remained in custody for nearly nine hours, accused of an alleged crime of "attempting against the constitutional order."
This Friday, in addition to the arrest of Hernández Bosques, the political police carried out simultaneous operations in front of the homes of several activists and journalists—among them Yoani Sánchez, Camila Acosta, and Lara Crofs—to prevent them from attending an event at the Embassy of the United States. Lara Crofs reported that they did not even allow her to leave to attend the wake of a deceased aunt.
The Cuban Observatory of Human Rights documented at least 387 repressive actions carried out by the Cuban dictatorship during October 2026, a number that exceeds the 344 recorded in September and reflects the extent of the systematic harassment against those who dare to document and report on the reality of the Island.
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