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News about the Protests of July 11, 2021 in Cuba

From prison to the airport: Sissi Abascal recounts her departure from Cuba

Gerardo Hernández congratulates a MININT general sanctioned by the U.S. for the repression of July 11th

European Parliament demands freedom for Félix and Saylí Navarro and suspends agreement with Cuba

Morales Ojeda recalls a protest against Batista, and a Cuban woman throws an uncomfortable question at him

DeSantis reveals that the company that would bring internet to Cuba during 11J backed down after federal warning

Cuban father exposes manipulation and indoctrination by the regime: they use the 11J to illustrate "fake news" in school textbooks

What the life and work of Václav Havel says to the intellectuals of Cuba

11J prisoner moved to a higher severity regime after suffering a beating

Andy García was detained for "walking and filming in the street," his sister claims

Andy García Lorenzo was again detained in Santa Clara on July 11

What the struggle of the Poles teaches us today as Cubans

Wilber Aguilar reports that he was not allowed to see his son in prison after traveling 300 kilometers: "Everything was premeditated."

The importance of communications in the defense of Cuba's freedom

Amnesty International demands the immediate release of the Cuban political prisoner Roberto Pérez Fonseca

Lawyer Alain Espinosa accuses the Cuban regime of blocking cellular signals to suppress dissent without anyone being able to film it

The 11J prisoner Ángel Jesús Véliz turns 32 this Monday: His sixth birthday in prison

Guillermo del Sol on the brink of death: He has been on a hunger strike for 66 days

Prisoner from 11J José Ramón Solano Randiche ends hunger strike after sentence reduction

Fernando Michael Bárzaga, the prisoner from 11J, has been released

"In Cuba, protests have not ceased since July 2021, and there are demonstrations every day," notes the academic

"I survived those walls. Sayli is still behind them": the heart-wrenching testimony of Sissi Abascal

Political prisoner from 11J denounces lack of medical attention: "I have no choice but to rest and wait."

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara responds to his critics: "I did suffer, truly, in the dungeons of the dictatorship."

Masons call for protest after reporting that the regime is trying to take control of the Supreme Council

Granma rewrites the Maleconazo: When propaganda tries to turn the protest into a heroic legend

Activist Guillermo del Sol reaches his 46th day on hunger strike, experiencing severe dehydration

Luis Manuel Otero advocates for Chocolate MC: "His Bajanda became an anthem against the Cuban dictatorship."

Otero Alcántara: "There are prisoners that no one knows exist, and they are suffering."

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara: "It is everyone's responsibility to make Cuba a better place."

The significance of 11J after five years

Cynicism in its purest form: the regime claims that Luis Manuel Otero left Cuba "without imposition."

Political prisoner Yosvany Rosell rejects exile as a way to leave prison: "Let them go."

Iliana Hernández on the San Isidro strike: "My heart was like this... I thought I was going to have a heart attack."

Mother of political prisoners denounces that the Quivicán prison has no water and her sick son is in danger

Díaz-Canel, six months without fuel and over a thousand political prisoners

Attorney argues that militarization in Cuba is not aimed at confronting the U.S. but against the people

Cubana has been in preventive custody for 10 days following a video on social media criticizing the Cuban regime

Luis Manuel Otero, on the brink of emerging from hell and reaching lands of freedom

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara would travel to the U.S. on Saturday after being granted parole

Blackouts in Cuba: Analyst warns that they also cut the power to massacre without witnesses

Cuban regime concerned about a social outbreak: The image that exposed them on national television

"The Eternal Night of Cuba" wins the Grand Prize at the 2026 Anthem Film Festival in Las Vegas

Cacerolazo in Guanabacoa, as regime agents promise "light for Saturday."

Residents of San Isidro protest after four days without electricity and five days without water

Almost two thousand repressive actions in the first half of 2026 in Cuba, five years after 11J

President of the FMC: "Cuban women know that the crisis weighs more heavily on our shoulders."

Five years after 11J, Oscar Casanella delivers a powerful message

Sociologist Cecilia Bobes analyzes the legacy of July 11: "The street stopped being solely a space managed by the State."

Gerardo Hernández mocks the protest of the exile community in Miami: "ICE deported everyone who had a record."

"From that paradise island, only a land plunged into misery remains," asserts Cuban writer Daína Chaviano

Cuban exiled military personnel urge those on the island to remove the Castros from power

Lisbeth Fernández is vying for Miss Florida USA after coming close to winning Miss Universe Cuba

The U.S. representative to the UN commemorates July 11 and demands freedom for over 800 Cuban political prisoners

Message from political prisoner Virgilio Mantilla on the anniversary of 11J

Abel Prieto calls the 11J a "farce" and triggers a storm of criticism on the fifth anniversary of the massive protests in Cuba

Testimony of a protester from 11J: "I went out to ask for freedom, and it marked me forever."

Chapel of Charity: "Our prayer for those who continue to suffer imprisonment, persecution, and exile."

Cubans in Miami protest outside the Cubamax shipping agency on the fifth anniversary of the 11J

A police patrol is monitoring the home of the father of a political prisoner from the 11J on the fifth anniversary of the protests

Cuba: July 11, Five Years Later