Political prisoners

A political prisoner from UNPACU is hospitalized after more than 30 days on a hunger strike under the regime's custody

"They delivered food to those in need": Video contradicts official version regarding Panamanians detained in Cuba

Maritza Lugo Fernández: The dissident whom the regime accuses of being the "intellectual author" of an alleged armed infiltration

The gap between official figures and verified ones: How many political prisoners have actually been released in Venezuela?

Mike Hammer receives the Humanitarian Award from the Cuban American Bar Association for his work on the island

Madrid, Miami, and other cities around the world are mobilizing for the freedom of Cuba in an international day of action

Amnesty International calls for the release of the political prisoner from 11J

Trump moves the audience during the State of the Union by reuniting a political prisoner from Venezuela with his family

Cuba is today "horribly unequal," socialism was a historical scam, claims Chilean writer and intellectual

Interim government of Delcy Rodríguez begins conversion of the Helicoide: From a site of torture under chavismo to a civic and cultural center

"Let them go and say whether it is not a dictatorship": Hammer denounces repression in Cuba and senses a change in people's mood

Venezuelan opposition member Juan Pablo Guanipa is released after nearly nine months in prison: "They failed in their mission to turn us into a submissive people."

About 11,000 people in Venezuela had judicial measures imposed by the regime

“I am therian and I am a worm”: The political irony of activist Reyna Barreto after years in prison

Delcy Rodríguez: "One must know how to ask for forgiveness and receive forgiveness."

They acknowledge the "misuse" of the Law against Hate, a tool for political repression in Venezuela

Venezuela approves amnesty law with exclusions for armed actions

Political prisoner Sulmira Martínez is sentenced to 5 years in prison: Regime denies access to the ruling

Alina Bárbara López "just about" to be accused of "incitement to commit a crime," according to a regime enforcer

Reports of a riot in Ciego de Ávila prison

The U.S. sanctions the director of La Modelo prison in Nicaragua for human rights violations

Roilán Álvarez has been on a hunger strike for 18 days, and his health is deteriorating

Lázaro Saavedra strains the icons of Castroism and Trumpism amidst the debate over El4tico

The pain of a father of a political prisoner in Cuba: "My son is turning 26, but we will not celebrate."

Political prisoner from the 11J, Duannis León Taboada, in a punishment cell after being beaten in Combinado del Este

Political prisoner from 11J Luis Miguel Oña Jiménez dies at 27 years old

Cuban detainee from 11J María Cristina Garrido reunites with her family: First visit in nearly five years

Mike Hammer meets with Manuel Cuesta Morúa following criticism of the U.S. strategy on Cuba

The UN questions U.S. sanctions but maintains its record of warnings about repression and political prisoners in Cuba

Thousands of students once again take to the streets of Caracas to demand freedom for political prisoners

The Holguín Prosecutor's Office is holding young Cubans from El4tico in provisional detention

Lieter Ledesma: May the change in Cuba "be as non-traumatic as possible."

Venezuela's Parliament says that all political prisoners will be released next week

Venezuela begins the path towards political amnesty after years of repression

Diplomats from the U.S. Embassy meet with the family of Sayli and Félix Navarro

More than 1,500 Cubans support citizen initiative to free political prisoners

Havana dismisses the release of political prisoners: “We have no intention of discussing that.”

Thousands march in Caracas to demand the release of all political prisoners: "Thirty days ago, this was unthinkable."

He does not recognize his family and cannot walk unaided: This is the condition of a political prisoner after being released in Venezuela

Trump proposes an alliance between chavismo and the opposition to "fix" Venezuela

Venezuela has already announced an amnesty: When will the Cuban regime release its more than a thousand political prisoners?

"Let them all be free": relatives of political prisoners at El Helicoide demand their release following the announcement of an amnesty

Delcy Rodríguez acknowledges a "period of political violence" in Venezuela since Chávez while announcing amnesty

Spokesperson for the Cuban regime reacts to Trump's measures: "A well-written novel."

The U.S. announces the release of all its citizens imprisoned in Venezuela following Delcy Rodríguez's amnesty

Delcy Rodríguez promises to close El Helicoide prison, an emblem of torture and Chavista repression in Venezuela

The Venezuelan regime keeps a woman and her baby in custody: the youngest political prisoner in the country

Delcy announces general amnesty for political prisoners and promises to "erase the charges."

Cuban regime increases harassment following Trump's measures: interrogations, relocations, and operations against opponents

More political prisoners are being freed in Venezuela, but around 800 still remain

María Corina Machado calls for a "real transition" after meeting with Marco Rubio: "We cannot allow the mafias to remain in power."

Ferrer shows the food that prisoners receive in Cuba: "It looks like a concentration camp."

University students confront Delcy Rodríguez and demand the release of political prisoners in Venezuela

Something is wrong

CIDH grants precautionary measures to Cuban political prisoner Yosvany Rosell García

Trump thanks for the release of political prisoners in Venezuela

Foro Penal reports at least 266 new releases of political prisoners in Venezuela

CIDH grants precautionary measures to political prisoner Duannis León Taboada and his mother

Delcy Rodríguez speaks of 626 released prisoners in Venezuela, but NGOs denounce a huge gap between the official discourse and reality

After more than a year imprisoned and missing, Edmundo González Urrutia's son-in-law has been released in Venezuela