Cuban Observatory of Human Rights

"Enduring in silence is not worthy of a medal": a heartbreaking Cuban poem for those who have left

Cuban professor René Fidel González: We need to "reclaim politics and full citizenship in the pursuit of happiness."

Father Alberto Reyes to military personnel and regime agents: "A people cannot be chained forever."

They say "United States" on the streets of Cuba, and these are the reactions

Extreme poverty affects 94% of Cubans, according to a study by OCDH

Cuban court upholds prison sentences of 14 and 13 years against political prisoners Ana Ibis Tristá Padilla and Jarol Varona Agüero

Political Analyst: In Cuba, "socialism was never the end... but rather the chosen instrument to maintain power."

Professor René Fidel González: "Why in Cuba do we have to keep enduring exclusion?"

"The worst part of every child's story is carried by the parents," laments the Cuban mother and artist in the face of the crisis

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

Poster in Guanabacoa: "Repression is increasing, but they have not managed to stop the disobedience."

Republicans against the UN: "The U.S. will not fund an office that supports adversaries like Cuba and China."

Bruno Rodríguez assures that the Cuban regime is committed to the promotion of human rights

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

Cuban jurist claims that we have fewer freedoms today in Cuba than we did during Moncada

"Where did we leave off that everything is turned upside down?" questions the Cuban poet and researcher

Help is being sought for a Cuban mother and her three children who are living in extreme poverty in Holguín

"The Utopia": Díaz-Canel reaffirms Cuba's "commitment" to human rights before the UN

An opponent from El Cobre is summoned by the regime’s control apparatus on the eve of the event for July 26th

Independent journalist reports beatings and death threats for exercising her profession in Cuba

Cuban academic: The people of the island have "reached the limit of resilience and are still standing."

A Cuban has been waiting for nearly a decade for repairs to her home damaged by a cyclone

Cubans are collecting toys, clothes, and money for the girl Lía

Indian prisoner in Cuba is punished with six months of isolation after reporting lack of medical attention

Cuban transformista denounces physical assault for complaining about power outages in La Lisa

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

The absurdity: Cubans use a Bible as toilet paper in a public bathroom

OFAC sanctions the Rapid Response Brigades, the MTT, and the ACRC for their repressive role in Cuba

Amir Valle: Cuba, "a private estate of the Castros," "where people are dying of hunger."

Cuban mother: "We are afraid to show our reality, but we have reached a point of no return."

Police patrol monitors the home of the father of a political prisoner from the 11J on the fifth anniversary of the protests

Surveillance of journalist Camila Acosta on this 11J: The regime lays siege to her home as it does every anniversary

Cuban protesters took to the streets of Centro Habana, shouting for freedom

Walls full of mold and dampness: this is what the Observation Room of the Provincial Hospital of Camagüey looks like

Political prisoner's father denounces State Security surveillance outside his door

Cubans protest in front of the PCC in La Lisa after 50 hours of blackout

The regime invokes the words of Fidel Castro that silenced Cuban intellectuals

When hunger outweighs the risk: neighbors collect spoiled eggs in Boyeros

Patients have gone nearly a week without hemodialysis at a hospital in Camagüey due to a lack of supplies

The Cuban regime would be concerned about inequality and injustice

Cuba recorded 332 repressive actions in May, according to the Cuban Observatory of Human Rights

Political prisoner released under alarming conditions and a bail of 50,000 pesos

OCDH calls on the EU to create an international compensation fund for victims of communism in Cuba

Cuban lawyer recounts how the transition in Panama unfolded after Noriega's downfall

What to do with Cuban judges after the change? The proposal by Yaxis Cires

Cuban Observatory of Human Rights studies "the reconquest of judicial independence in Cuba"

"My dad is dying, and there's no bed": a desperate plea from a Cuban polyclinic

The regime's embassy in the Vatican is organizing a mass "for the peace and social development of Cuba."

First images of Sissi Abascal outside of prison after years incarcerated for the 11J

"That breaks my heart": The helplessness of a Cuban grandmother for families that cannot afford to eat

Cuban abroad sends a strong message to those on the island: "Money doesn't grow on trees."

Speechless! The UN launches competitions in Cuba on nutrition and food security

Cuban woman excited not to be in Cuba on Mother's Day: "Not even to be able to go to the cemetery to bring flowers to your mom."

The fleet with solar panels departs for Cuba from Barcelona while the Spanish left turns a blind eye on human rights issues

"And the dead in the prisons of Cuba?": attacks against Gerardo Hernández on social media

Berta Soler and Ángel Moya are detained to prevent them from attending a mass

Beggers at the Matanzas terminal: "They are going through a lot of hunger."

Cuban youth go out to distribute food to those in need on the streets of Cuba: "Real gratitude"

Renting shade in Boca Ciega, Havana, exceeds the average salary and confirms the collapse of income in Cuba

The foreign press highlights the abandonment of the elderly in Cuba