Freedom of Expression

Armando Tomey recalls the day he shouted "Down with Fidel!" in Cuba and ended up in a dungeon

Díaz-Canel speaks for a people that could not choose him and assures that he will defend "their self-determination."

Díaz-Canel denounces a "psychological war" while the Cuban regime targets journalists and dissenting voices

Cuban father asks for milk for his three daughters and pleads for them to hide his face: “I’ll get five years”

Luis Alberto García: repressing protesters "is unconstitutional and very, very undemocratic"

A reflection for the "liberators of the sofa and screens."

The Destruction of Civil Society: When the State Turns Everyone into Dependents

A Cuban woman hits a pot until she injures her hands: "Freedom is for the willing."

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara warns: "If the dictatorship survives this moment, it will be difficult."

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara: "I had to be honest."

Girón promises "straightforward" analysis, and social media responds: "Will they tell the truth or will they also blame the blockade?"

Ortega's regime announces elections, but vetoes "coup plotters" and opposition

How Democracies Die: The Cuban Experience as a Warning for Latin America

Young man expelled from his workplace: "Not for accounting or ethical reasons. Just for being a confessed anti-communist."

Zajaris Fernández breaks the silence and reveals what really happened with Alexis and Claudia Valdés at the venue in Miami

Ulises Toirac: "All those imprisoned for their beliefs should be freed, without kidnappings or masked deportations."

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara warns about the only solution to free all political prisoners in Cuba

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara: "I will keep fighting; my mission is for that country to be prosperous and free."

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

Alina Bárbara López Hernández's disappearance has been reported after she attempted to exercise her right to protest again

Cuban regime releases Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and forces him into exile

Arbitrary detention of Lumey Guzmán reported for posting criticisms of the Cuban regime on social media

"Don't watch from the stands": Anna Bensi urges Cubans to overcome their fear of the dictatorship

Alina Bárbara López: "Dictatorship is a mild term for the aberration that this system represents."

State Security agent threatens member of Fuera de la Caja again

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

State Security threatens independent journalist with prison and uses his wife's pregnancy as leverage

Amelia Calzadilla thanks her parents for their support during the interrogation

"I have no regrets": Amelia Calzadilla after the police summons for her parents in Cuba

Young man who questioned Díaz-Canel protests in El Cobre wrapped in white sheet: "Freedom, democracy..."

Gerardo Hernández shares a photo of his sister in an attempt to mock the events of 11J

They promote a resolution in the U.S. Senate to commemorate 11J

Message from political prisoner Virgilio Mantilla on the anniversary of July 11th

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

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

Mike Hammer visits family members of political prisoners from the 11J on the eve of the fifth anniversary

They demand the unconditional release of Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara

Cuban Prosecutor's Office explains new Transparency Law as questions regarding access to information rise

The case against Anna Bensi and her mother is reopened following a complaint from the "offended" police officer

Anna Bensi: "In the end, the interrogation can be summarized as 'shut up or create different content.'"

Cubans send messages about freedom for the 250th anniversary of U.S. independence.

Anna Bensi: "My tears were of helplessness, of anger, they were not of weakness."

Díaz-Canel's cheap bravado: cornering a 21-year-old young woman until she cries

Fernando Pérez raises his voice for Leonardo Romero: "As long as many young people are not heard, we will have a broken Cuba."

Alina Bárbara López reports the arrest of activists while the elderly are collapsing without food or electricity in the middle of summer

Anna Bensi breaks down in tears as she is freed amidst applause from her loved ones

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

Cameraman from "Despingovery Channel" is detained and charged with espionage

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

Cuban police summons Anna Bensi for an "official warning."

A pastor is detained after a peaceful religious demonstration in Cabaiguán

"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

"Far from any glasnost, the Cuban state penalizes all forms of expression," says the analyst

Arturo Sandoval loses hope of returning to Cuba: "It's a wound that never heals."

Anna Bensi dismantles the communist fantasy: "I don't read it, I live it and I suffer it."

State Security threatens former political prisoner Andy García Lorenzo with imprisonment or death penalty

"Recording a video is not a crime": Ernesto Medina's wife demands the release of the two young men from El4tico

The OAS calls for the restoration of democracy in Cuba, Nicaragua, and Venezuela

"Your daughter misses you and home is waiting for you": The heartbreaking letter from Despingovery's wife on Father's Day