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 by the San Isidro Movement, of which the outspoken musician is a member, to demand his release. On November 18, several members of the organization, along with others in solidarity with the cause, who had been protesting since the 16th at their headquarters in Damas 955, in Old Havana, decided to start a hunger strike, some also going without water, to demand Solís's release.
After abandoning the hunger strike, Maykel Osorbo and Luis Manuel Otero remained on 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 withdrew from the strike. Supporting the strikers at the venue were Omara Ruiz Urquiola, Abu Duyanah Tamayo, Jorge Luis Capote, and Anyell Valdés Cruz, joined by the 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 deprived of the right to leave their homes.
