On November 9, 2020, the Cuban rapper Denis Solís was arrested by the police. After undergoing a summary trial, he was sentenced to eight months in prison for the alleged crime of contempt. This led to mobilization from the San Isidro Movement, to which the dissenting musician belongs, demanding his release. On November 18, several members of the organization and others who supported the cause, having been camped out since the 16th at their headquarters at Damas 955 in Old Havana, decided to start a hunger strike, some also opting for thirst, to demand Solís's freedom.
After abandoning the hunger strike, Maykel Osorbo and Luis Manuel Otero continued with a hunger strike; in addition to Iliana Hernández, Katherine Bisquet, Esteban Rodríguez (initially also on a thirst strike) and Anamely Ramos. Osmani Pardo, Yasser Castellanos, Adrián Rubio, and Oscar Casanella left the strike. At the headquarters, Omara Ruiz Urquiola, Abu Duyanah Tamayo, Jorge Luis Capote, and Anyell Valdés Cruz continued to support the strikers, and they were joined by writer and journalist Carlos Manuel Álvarez.
The headquarters of the Movement was evicted by State Security on November 26. Since then, the hunger strikers have been harassed by State Security, and many of them have been denied the right to leave their homes.
