Detentions in Cuba

Academic: "There is a deep contradiction between the Cuban Government and the Revolution it claims to represent."

Achievements of the Cuban regime: “Calling resignation hope, misery resistance, and sinking continuity,” affirms playwright

Neighbors in Cárdenas catch and tie up a suspected thief

Caught red-handed!: Five arrested while slaughtering three cattle in Matanzas

Cynicism at its finest: the regime claims that Luis Manuel Otero left Cuba "voluntarily."

Alain Guadarrama Torres arrested for murder with a revolver in Colón, Matanzas

Eddy Ceballos' wife claims: "They are trying to make him an example to send a message of fear."

"Total abuse": they report 26 days without electricity in a locality of Santiago de Cuba

Cacerolazo and fire in Centro Habana: "Get out of here," neighbors yell at deployed police

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

Shooting of a Cuban-American in Holguín: A fourth wounded person is recognized and controversy grows on social media

"It's surreal": Alina Bárbara López recounts how she was detained twice this Saturday

Cuban mother accused of encouraging protests in Marianao reports "psychological torture" during interrogation

Marco Rubio welcomes Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and demands the release of over 700 political prisoners in Cuba

Repression in Cuba: Alina Bárbara López was kidnapped by State Security to prevent a protest

Alina Bárbara López Hernández reported missing after attempting to exercise her right to protest again

They report the arbitrary detention of Lumey Guzmán for posting criticisms of the Cuban regime on social media

Alina Bárbara López in tribute to Mandela: "We must make protest and disobedience our civic weapons."

State Security agents interrogate and threaten a Cuban activist using her son as leverage

Cubalex alerts about the detention of at least six people following a protest against blackouts in Guantánamo

"Why can't the government be questioned?" asks a Cuban woman

Cuban transformista denounces physical assault for complaining about blackouts in La Lisa

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

Two days detained activist who attempted to file habeas corpus for Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara

Gerardo Hernández shares a photo of his sister to try to ridicule the 11J

Political prisoner’s wife denounces extreme hunger and a plague of bedbugs in Mar Verde prison

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

Morales Ojeda refers to the repression of July 11 as a "popular victory," provoking a wave of rejection among Cubans

Young woman arrested on July 11 in Camagüey breaks her silence five years later

Testimony reports three nights of protests and increasing tension with the police in Santa Fe, Havana

Cuban journalist exiled in Mexico denounces threats for exposing corruption in Camagüey

At least 24 arrested following protest in Luyanó: Aguilera prison is overcrowded

Five arrested for theft of dielectric oil at pumping station in Guantánamo

Former political prisoner Alexander Díaz Rodríguez denounces kidnapping, beatings, and mock executions

"Why are they so afraid of them?": U.S. Embassy in Havana denounces repression against youth in Cuba

Free release of Leonardo Romero Negrín with a fine of 2,000 CUP following his arrest during a protest

Youth from Fuera de la Caja Cuba denounce inhumane treatment during interrogation: "They will pay for it."

Alina Bárbara López denounces the arrests of activists while the elderly are fainting without food or electricity in the middle of summer

Anna Bensi breaks down in tears as she is released to the applause of her loved ones

Panama will request that seven citizens detained in Cuba serve their sentences in Panamanian territory

Ana Bensi, the Herald of Christ, and members of Fuera de la Caja have been detained for over eight hours: "This is torture."

The cameraman of "Despingovery Channel" is detained and accused of espionage

Eddy Ceballos' mother demands his release as one month passes since his arrest

Two men arrested in Matanzas accused of attempted murder

Gas plant workers in Camagüey were stealing cylinders with the help of external accomplices

Residents in Santiago de Cuba capture a thief and hold him until the police arrive

"Who is Despingovery Chanel really?": His wife shares the story behind the comedian

A book is presented to "return" to Palabras for intellectuals, but with ongoing debates about censorship and freedom of expression in Cuba

Rapper Matos MC K-LIBRE was arrested and accused of leading protests in the Barbosa neighborhood

Seven people, including four minors, have been arrested following a museum fire in Santiago de Cuba

Jonathan Muir, the Cuban teenager imprisoned following the protests in Morón, is released from prison

Attempted oil theft from transformers leaves one dead and one detained, accused of sabotage in Santiago de Cuba

Eddy Ceballos' family reports that the cameraman who worked with him has also been arrested

11 members of three gangs linked to nighttime assaults in downtown areas of the city have been arrested in Guantánamo

Manuel Cuesta Morúa is released after a violent police arrest in Havana

They are reporting the enforced disappearance of Manuel Cuesta Morúa after being detained

To cry! This was the emotional reunion of a Cuban woman with her sister after leaving an ICE facility

Two men arrested for the violent death of a young man inside a healthcare center in Jovellanos, Matanzas

Repression does not cease: Cuban intellectual Alina Bárbara López is detained again

Eddy Ceballos' mother reports that her son was physically assaulted