Cuban Observatory of Human Rights

Sociologist and playwright: the abyss of frustration and contempt between the "Us" and the "Them" in Cuba

Professor René Fidel González: "That the exercise of rights and freedoms leads us to dignity."

Bruno Rodríguez denounces extreme poverty in the world while remaining silent about that of Cuba

The OCDH files a formal complaint with the Camagüey Prosecutor's Office over serious irregularities against Henry Constantín

Pamphlets are being distributed in the center of Holguín to demand freedom for Cuban political prisoners

OCDH files a formal complaint regarding irregularities in the case of Henry Constantín

Organization documents 344 repressive actions in September and warns that the situation in Cuba could deteriorate

Miami-Dade tax collector asks to investigate alleged links to the Cuban regime of an advisor to the mayor of New York

New record: the Cuban dictatorship holds 1,372 political prisoners, including 40 minors, according to Prisoners Defenders

"All we want is to be free and equal": the relevance of the Manifesto of October 10, according to a Cuban historian

158 years since the Grito de Yara and more than 1,300 political prisoners in Cuba

Cuba does not move the holiday of October 10 to Monday: who gets paid double and how much needs to be paid

"Children reaching out their hands," "elderly people submerged... in the trash bins": a penetrating chronicle by a journalist from Matanzas

"84 days without seeing my son": Wilber Aguilar traveled to Sancti Spíritus and reports that his prison visit was denied

Cuban to Díaz-Canel: "Less rhetoric and more food and respect for human rights."

Political prisoner Ana Ibis Tristá reports from prison that she "can barely walk"; the regime denies her medical attention

The Cuban dictatorship has recorded over 3,000 repressive actions in 2026: OCDH reports 344 abuses in September alone

Morales Ojeda reaffirms the discourse of participation, inclusion, and justice... and the networks respond: "No one believes in you anymore."

Women’s protest in Mayarí after nearly a month without electricity achieves results

Cubans: Are we really living?

Laritza Camacho on the crisis in Cuba: "No one would miss the taste of bread if they weren't eating stones."

Cuban medical mission evaluates that doctors bring cash to Havana due to frozen account in Italy

Cuban jurist: "Today we are a society paralyzed by political underdevelopment."

Grand Master Lázaro Bruzón: in Cuba "we have the worst of the economy... the worst of the social order."

Lyrical lament of a poet: between the "Judas of the government" and "a future that does not come"

A Cuban compares her country to her old washing machine: tired of spinning, worn out, and fed up with the dirty water

Human Rights in Cuba Today

Switzerland and Cuba: yesterday and today

Jurist and academic on Cuban leaders: "They distance themselves from the people, and the people distance themselves from them."

Raúl's letter to civil defense workers speaks of unity and strength in a country in ruins

In post-1959 Cuba, "space and time... have been under absolute police control," asserts the essayist

I beseech the Virgin of a Cuban poet: "Save us with your warrior spirit; Cuba needs you."

"The vulnerable in Cuba are no longer segments... they are the majority of the people," warns an academic

With the country in bankruptcy, events continue: XXVI Symposium on Cultural Research in Havana

President of the Communist Youths of Chile denies that Cuba is a dictatorship: "The great sin is not having economic prosperity."

The discredit of the Human Rights Council and other UN institutions

They are requesting the EU to investigate the Cuban medical brigade in Italy for human trafficking

Cuban jurist: children hungry, elderly without dreams, "how could it be in our name, scoundrels?"

Cuban writer demands public information about the "millionaire compatriots of socialism."

This is the state of the restrooms in the operating room of the provincial hospital of Camagüey

Father Alberto Reyes to the Virgin of Charity of Cobre: "In the midst of so much repression, help us to maintain the courage to tell the truth."

The regime targets UH student, daughter of independent journalist Yunia Figueredo

Cuban police launch 24-hour hotline in Havana to "receive complaints about police actions."

Coco Fariñas detained after going to support Andy García at a police station in Santa Clara

Cubalex reports to the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights that the militarization in Cuba is aimed at the people, not against the U.S.

Lumey Guzmán is released from prison, but legal proceedings are ongoing for criticizing blackouts in Cuba

"Enduring in silence is not worthy of a medal": a heart-wrenching Cuban poem for those who have departed

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 agents of the regime: "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 sentences of 14 and 13 years in prison 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 must we continue to endure exclusion in Cuba?"

"The worst part of every child's story is carried by the parents," says a distressed 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 disobedience."

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

Bruno Rodríguez asserts 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."