Political prisoners

Why doesn't the Cuban regime leave? Father Alberto Reyes explains it

Human Rights in Cuba Today

Bruno Rodríguez accuses Rubio of lying by claiming that there are Cuban leaders with “blood-stained hands.”

Farewell to Emilio Martínez Venegas, hero of the Cuban political prison

Bruno Rodríguez invokes a Declaration at the UN that also accuses the Cuban State

President of Paraguay calls for a "democratic transition" for Cuba, Venezuela, and Nicaragua

Father Alberto Reyes: "The dialogue with the regime is, 'How are they going to leave?'"

Delcy Rodríguez crosses the UN hemicycle to kiss Pedro Sánchez

From prison to the airport: Sissi Abascal recounts her departure from Cuba

Cuba remains at the bottom: Freedom House once again designates the country as having the least freedom in Latin America

UNEAC propaganda in Switzerland: defending the "commitment to human rights" that "prevails in Cuba."

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

"Accomplices of our oppressors": Cuban researcher on those who defend the dictatorship "as an alternative to imperialism"

Cuban intellectual Alina Bárbara López Hernández was detained as she was leaving to protest for political prisoners

Félix Navarro's wife thanks the European Parliament: "Thank you for not looking the other way."

George W. Bush paints Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and includes the portrait in his book about political prisoners and dissidents

European Parliament demands freedom for Félix and Saylí Navarro and to suspend the agreement with Cuba

The UN warns that chavismo still retains its repressive apparatus almost nine months after Maduro's capture

Cuban pastor released after three months in detention for shouting "Down with the dictatorship"

A prisoner from the 11J has been experiencing severe pain for over 12 days without a diagnosis or medical follow-up

The world and Cuba in mid-September

Félix and Saylí Navarro, nominated for the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought

Ariel Ruiz Urquiola questions Harvard's plan for Cuba: "A negotiation does not replace a transformation of power."

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

Aniette González leaves Cuba after having been imprisoned for posing with the national flag

Wife of El4tico member: "I accept feeling bad, but I can't bear to see my daughter cry as she says goodbye to her dad."

Mike Hammer meets with Coco Fariñas in Santa Clara

When the defenders of freedom come together, victory is assured

Luis Manuel Otero, Maykel Osorbo, and Félix Navarro receive the Democracy Award 2026

Félix Navarro Rodríguez: a life dedicated to the freedom of Cuba

100 days in prison without a court date: Eduardo Ceballos' mother demands justice

Freedom House welcomes Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and reiterates its call for the release of more than 1,300 political prisoners in Cuba

Seven and eight years in prison are handed down to political prisoners in Las Tunas

Family members demand freedom for all political prisoners remaining in Venezuela

Cuban poet raises his voice for José Gabriel Barrenechea: "Shout his name, for he is a man of high caliber."

We must translate the protests "into a strategy of struggle," says Cuban historian

Cuban father and son sentenced to prison: one for distributing leaflets against the regime, the other for not reporting it

The Barrenechea case: Six years in prison, the death of his mother, and the reaffirmation of a conviction that the world rejects

Trump says that Delcy Rodríguez wants elections in Venezuela: "They are still not ready."

If the Poles could do it, we Cubans can do it too

What the life and work of Václav Havel says to the intellectuals of Cuba

Former Cuban world champion Yordenis Ugás launches a strong criticism of the Trump administration

Political prisoner Andy García Lorenzo released after more than 20 hours of detention in Santa Clara

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

Andy García remains detained and is being charged with "public disorder."

Prisoner from 11J transferred to a higher security regime after being beaten

Ted Cruz calls for elections in Venezuela in 2027 and defends the oil agreement with Trump

Former political prisoner Ariel Hidalgo: "Neither Washington nor Havana will resolve Cuba."

"Discipline Monitors" and Package Diversions: The Corrupt Structure of Cuban Prisons

On July 11, Andy García Lorenzo was again detained in Santa Clara

Wilber Aguilar claims that he was not allowed to see his imprisoned son after traveling 300 kilometers: "Everything was premeditated."

Cuban intellectual: "It is not the crisis that produces change by itself."

Guillermo del Sol ends hunger strike after 73 days: "I could have a stroke at any moment."

Political prisoner, survivor of the sunken boat in Bahía Honda, on hunger strike and in isolation in Kilo 8 prison

Guillermo del Sol loses consciousness after more than 70 days on hunger strike

Maykel Osorbo from prison: "I'm not in the U.S. because the regime doesn't want me to be."

"Listen to my testimony": Cuban opposition figure detained by ICE seeks help

A "Delcy Rodríguez" in Cuba? Warn Trump not to negotiate with Álvarez Casas and "El Cangrejo"

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara receives thousands of letters of support in Miami that he could not read while he was imprisoned in Cuba

Amnesty International demands the immediate release of Cuban political prisoner Roberto Pérez Fonseca