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News about the Protests of July 11, 2021 in Cuba

Political prisoners from 11J denounce pressure from State Security to leave the country

Activist: "The Cuban Constitution proclaims a socialism that never existed."

Sister of a political prisoner under the Cuban regime: "Do I have to wait 14 years to be with my brother again?"

"84 days without seeing my son": Wilber Aguilar traveled to Sancti Spíritus and reported that his request to visit in prison was denied

The Cuban regime has once again detained former political prisoner Alexander Díaz Rodríguez while they are requesting a humanitarian visa for him to the U.S.

The man who protested with a banner in front of the Capitol in Havana has been transferred to Villa Marista

Professor René Fidel González on Capitol protester: "No more political discrimination."

Luis Manuel Otero presents a performance in New York demanding freedom for the Cuban political prisoners of July 11th

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 11

European Parliament demands freedom for Félix and Saylí Navarro and suspension of 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 provide internet to Cuba during the 11J backed down after a federal warning

Cuban father exposes the regime's manipulation and indoctrination: they use the 11J to illustrate "fake news" in a school textbook

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

Prisoner from 11J transferred to a higher severity regime after suffering a beating

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

The 11J Express: Andy García Lorenzo was once again detained in Santa Clara

What the struggle of the Poles teaches us today as Cubans

Wilber Aguilar reports that he was not allowed to see his imprisoned son 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 cell signal to suppress dissent without anyone filming 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 completed 66 days on hunger strike

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

Fernando Michael Bárzaga, the prisoner from the 11J protests, is being released

"In Cuba, protests have not ceased since July 2021, and demonstrations are now happening every day," an academic assesses

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

Political prisoner from 11J denounces lack of medical care: "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 a protest after denouncing that the regime is trying to take control of the Supreme Council

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

Activist Guillermo del Sol reaches day 46 of his hunger strike with severe dehydration

Luis Manuel Otero celebrates 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 the responsibility of everyone 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 coercion."

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 breakdown."

The 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

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

A Cuban woman has been in pretrial detention for 10 days after posting a video on social media criticizing the Cuban regime

Luis Manuel Otero, on the verge of leaving hell and reaching lands of freedom

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara would travel to the U.S. on Saturday after the parole was approved

Blackouts in Cuba: Analyst warns that they also cut the power to carry out massacres 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, while 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 11J: "The street is no longer just a space managed by the State."

Gerardo Hernández mocks the exile protest in Miami: "ICE deported everyone with a record."

"From that paradise island, only a land sunk in misery remains," says Cuban writer Daína Chaviano

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

Lisbeth Fernández sets her sights on Miss Florida USA after coming close to Miss Universe Cuba