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14ymedio, Havana, 24 February 2021 — Almost four months after his incarceration, no one has been able to see Denis Solís, who is in the Combinado del Este, a maximum security prison in Havana. Laritza Diversent, from Cubalex, and Harold Miñarro, from Defend Venezuela, reported on his situation this Wednesday, at an online press conference … Continue reading “The Precautionary Measures in Support of the San Isidro Movement Are a Clear Message to the Cuban State”

14ymedio, Havana, 7 November 2020 — Around eight in the morning on Saturday a man shot two women who were at a bus stop in the Micro 9 neighborhood in the city of Santiago de Cuba. One of the victims died at the scene and the other died while undergoing surgery at the Saturnino Lora … Continue reading “Two Women Shot Dead in the Middle of the Street in Santiago de Cuba”

14ymedio, Luz Escobar, Havana, 6 October 2020 — While day after day they carry on about the arrests of re-sellers and “hoarders,” the official media maintain total silence on the rape of a 13-year-old girl by five men in Havana’s El Cotorro municipality. Not only that, complains the victim’s mother: the Police have released three … Continue reading “"It wasn’t a cow they killed. It was a girl they raped."”

14ymedio, Havana, 5 June 2020 — In a report on human rights in Cuba, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR)* expressed disappointment that the new constitution, ratified in 2019, has preserved the one-party regime that has ruled the island for six decades. The organization, which has not issued a report like this in thirty-seven … Continue reading “IACHR Describes Constitutional Reform as a Lost Opportunity”

14ymedio, Havana, 17 February 2020 — The Working Group on Arbitrary Detention of the United Nations Human Rights Council considers that jailed Cuban opponents Josiel Guia Piloto, Marbel Mendoza Reyes and Iván Amaro Hidalgo were convicted of vague crimes and without adequate legal defense. After learning of the cases from the  Cuban Prisoners Defenders (CPD), an … Continue reading “UN Asks Cuba to Release and Compensate Three Opponents”

14ymedio, Havana, August 27, 2019 — The London-based human rights organization Amnesty International has declared five currently detained Cuban activists to be prisoners of conscience. This world famous organization denounced the dissidents’ imprisonment for crimes that are not internationally recognized and which have been used for decades to silence voices critical of the Cuban regime. … Continue reading “Amnesty Internation Declares Five Cuban Activists to Be Prisoners of Conscience”

14ymedio, Havana, 6 August 2019 — One of the most controversial and anticipated figures on repression in Cuba has been updated by Cuban Prisoners Defenders (CPD). The independent organization states that on the Island there are 127 political prisoners and demands that foreign diplomats to call for their release. In a report published on August 1, CPD … Continue reading “Cuban Prisoners Defenders IDs 127 Political Prisoners on the Island”

14ymedio, Havana, 9 April 2019 — Tuesday, the police raided the home of journalist Augusto César San Martín in Havana, as confirmed 14ymedio by his wife Yanela Duran. After the search the reporter was taken to the Zanja Street Police Station, where he was released after being detained for five hours. At seven o’clock today nine people … Continue reading “Cuban Police Raid the Home of Journalist Augusto Cesar San Martin”

14ymedio, Havana, 22 March 2019 – Some 24 hours have gone by since the Diairo de Cuba journalist Jorge Enrique Rodríguez was arbitrarily arrested, and he remains unaccounted for, his whereabouts unknown. The reporter Manuel Alejandro León announced that he received a text message from Rodriguez saying he had left on Thursday in an bus … Continue reading “Journalist Jorge Enrique Rodriguez Continues to be Missing 24 Hours After His Arrest”

14ymedio, Havana, December 20, 2018 — Activist Hugo Damián Prieto Blanco, leader of Frente de Acción Cívica Orlando Zapata (Orlando Zapata Civic Action Front), was sentenced Tuesday to a year imprisonment for the crime of “pre-criminal dangerousness” to society, as confirmed to 14ymedio by his wife, Lázara Bárbara Sendiña. Prieto was arrested this last November … Continue reading “Activist Hugo Damian Prieto Sentenced to One Year Imprisonment for “Pre-Criminal Dangerousness””

14ymedio, Havana, 3 October 2018 — More than half of those arrested for political reasons in Cuba this September were women, according to the report of the Cuban Commission for Human Rights and National Reconciliation (CCDHRN). The organization counts 224 arbitrary arrests this month. “Peaceful dissidents and activists of the independent civil society” were confined, “under generally … Continue reading “More Than Half of the Activists Arrested in Cuba in September Were Women”