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The Murder of a Woman in Artemisa is the 24th Femicide in Cuba This Year

14ymedio, Feminicides, Sexist Violence, Alas Tensas, Artemisa, 15 April 2023 — Ana Ivis Llanes, 42, is the most recent victim of sexist violence in Cuba. Her death, which occurred this week in the neighborhood of El Rastro, in Artemisa, is attributed to her ex-partner, according to several relatives. With this, there are already 24 femicides … Continue reading “The Murder of a Woman in Artemisa is the 24th Femicide in Cuba This Year”

Citizen Insecurity Is Growing, According to the Cuban Conflict Observatory

14ymedio, Havana, 5 April 2023 — The Cuban Conflict Observatory (OCC) recorded 372 demonstrations against the regime during the month of March. In its most recent report, the Miami-based organization also documented numerous cases of repression against activists and human rights defenders. In its report, the Observatory highlighted the reappearance of graffiti with slogans offensive … Continue reading “Citizen Insecurity Is Growing, According to the Cuban Conflict Observatory”

Amnesty International Denounces the Hundreds of Prisoners in Cuba for Exercising ‘Their Human Rights’

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 28 March 2023 — The NGO Amnesty International (AI) denounced on Monday in its annual report the “hundreds of people” in prison in Cuba for “the peaceful exercise of their human rights” — including “three prisoners of conscience” — and the “repression” of “dissidence” and protests. In its document, which summarizes … Continue reading “Amnesty International Denounces the Hundreds of Prisoners in Cuba for Exercising ‘Their Human Rights’”

Rumors on Social Networks in Cuba Tend to be True

14ymedio, Havana, 13 March 13, 2023 — Since the end of 2020, attacks on freedom of expression have increased, and access to information in the country’s online space has been reduced. The Government blocks social networks and independent media, interrupts mobile data connections and resorts to fake profiles on social networks for its disinformation campaigns, … Continue reading “Rumors on Social Networks in Cuba Tend to be True”

The Man Arrested for the Murder of a Nurse in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Has a History of Rape and Robbery

14ymedio, Havana, 5 March 2023 — The authorities of Sancti Spíritus, Cuba, confirmed this Saturday the arrest in the municipality of Taguasco of Liván Reinaldo Mora Pérez ’El lento’, who is accused of stabbing Vanelis Macola to death on February 28 in the town of Tuinicu. According to information offered by the Head of the … Continue reading “The Man Arrested for the Murder of a Nurse in Sancti Spiritus, Cuba, Has a History of Rape and Robbery”

An Imprisoned Cuban Poet is the Image for PEN International for March 8th Women’s Day

EFE (via 14ymedio), Miami/Havana/Barcelona, 8 March 2023 — PEN International, the world association of writers, has chosen the Cuban poet, narrator and activist María Cristina Garrido, imprisoned in Cuba for participating the popular protests of 11 July 2021, as its image for the International Women’s Day. “We need international and everyone’s support to demand freedom for the writer, … Continue reading “An Imprisoned Cuban Poet is the Image for PEN International for March 8th Women’s Day”

Deprived of the Right to Take to the Streets, on March 8 Cuban Women Will Wear a Black Ribbon on Their Hands

14ymedio, Yoani Sánchez, Generation Y, Havana, 8 March 2023 — Gladys lives in Caibarién, a small coastal city in the center of Cuba. Two months ago, her son left with other young people on a rustic raft to try to reach the United States. She since then she has heard nothing from them. A teacher by … Continue reading “Deprived of the Right to Take to the Streets, on March 8 Cuban Women Will Wear a Black Ribbon on Their Hands”

Woman in Las Tunas Murdered at Work by Her Ex-Partner

14ymedio, Havana, 27 February 2023 — The death of Arianny Chávez Puche marks the fourteenth femicide of the year in Cuba. As confirmed by Cibercuba based on publications by friends and family on social networks, the woman was murdered this Sunday by her ex-partner while she was at the Mártires de Las Tunas Provincial Pediatric Hospital, where she worked as a … Continue reading “Woman in Las Tunas Murdered at Work by Her Ex-Partner”

With a New Femicide, There Have Been Ten Women Murdered in Cuba So Far This Year

14ymedio, Havana, 13 February 2023 — Mercedes Vasallo Herrera, 51, is the most recent victim of femicide in Cuba, according to the unofficial count kept by the Cuban Women’s Network. Its activists, Marthadela Tamayo and Annia Zamora, have warned of the discovery of her body this Saturday, February 11, in the town of Carlos Rojas, … Continue reading “With a New Femicide, There Have Been Ten Women Murdered in Cuba So Far This Year”

A Woman is Murdered by Her Partner in the Middle of the Street in Santiago de Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 14 February 2023 — A woman identified as Yurina Yaque Pérez was murdered in the neighborhood of Sueño, Santiago de Cuba, on Monday night. The victim was “cut” on a public street by a man with whom she had a relationship, according to her relatives. “It was her partner who cut her throat yesterday in the … Continue reading “A Woman is Murdered by Her Partner in the Middle of the Street in Santiago de Cuba”

Cuban Feminists Promote a Campaign for a Comprehensive Gender Law on the Island

  EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 14 November 2022 — A campaign promoted by activists of the Cuban Feminists’ Network platform will start this Monday on social networks in order to raise awareness of the “urgency” of having a Comprehensive Gender Law on the Island. “We do not want more gender violence,” they said this Sunday … Continue reading “Cuban Feminists Promote a Campaign for a Comprehensive Gender Law on the Island”

Journalist from ‘Diario de Cuba’ Denounces Police Aggression in His Own Home

14ymedio, Havana, 8 November 2022 — Cuban journalist Jorge Enrique Rodríguez was arrested on Monday and taken to the police station in Marianao, Havana. After being held in incommunicado for more than four hours, he denounced to Diario de Cuba, the media outlet for which he works as a reporter, that they forcefully transported him … Continue reading “Journalist from ‘Diario de Cuba’ Denounces Police Aggression in His Own Home”

Independent Cuban Feminists Confirm Four Gender-based Murders in the Last Week

EFE (via 14ymedio), Havana, 4 July 2022 — The feminist platforms YoSíTeCreo (YSTCC — I Do Believe You) in Cuba and the Observatory of the Alas Tensas magazine reported on a gender-based murder in the eastern province of Holguín, bringing the total to four femicides documented in the last week, although they occurred on different … Continue reading “Independent Cuban Feminists Confirm Four Gender-based Murders in the Last Week”

Stabbed and Mutilated, the Latest Femicide in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 17 May 2022 — The latest confirmed femicide on the Island, the eleventh so far in 2022, shows unusual cruelty. As denounced on Monday by the Red Femenina de Cuba [Cuban Women’s Network] the young Yusleidy Aguilera Fernández, 21 years old and with two small children, was viciously stabbed to death and had her … Continue reading “Stabbed and Mutilated, the Latest Femicide in Cuba”

Neighbors Talk About ‘Antecedents of Sexist Violence’ Against Murdered Woman in Cuba

14ymedio, Havana, 4 January 2022 — A mother of two grown children, Maylén Guerra García, who worked as a custodian at the Chiquitico Fabregat sugar refinery, in Remedios (Villa Clara), was murdered by her partner on January 2, according to information published by Alas Tensas magazine. It is the first femicide of the year registered on the Island. … Continue reading “Neighbors Talk About ‘Antecedents of Sexist Violence’ Against Murdered Woman in Cuba”