English Translations of Cubans Writing From the Island
A few days after Angel completed 4 months in prison for crimes he didn’t commit, and having been tried in a gross travesty where they found him “guilty” — for the size and slant of his handwriting — he was visited by some State Security agents who offered him his freedom in exchange for renouncing … Continue reading “Prison Diary XXXVI: Proposal for Freedom for Angel Santiesteban”
HRW, Amnesty International, European Commission, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights: Join us saving lives and demanding justice in Cuba. We want to avoid any further loss of life in Cuba, and end an obvious and intolerable human rights violation. To: Inter-American Commission on Human Rights, Inter-American Commission on Human Rights; Alexander Polack, European Commission; Amnesty … Continue reading “Petition to Save the Hunger Strikers”
April 2013 marks a decade since once of the most depressing moments of post-revolutionary history: the so-called Black Spring. It was a time when Fidel Castro, excited about what he assumed was a revolutionary wave in Latin America and the arrival of the first subsidies from Venezuelans, decided to eradicate every sign of discontent and … Continue reading “The Executed and The Accomplices in April / Haroldo Dilla Alfonso”
Young man sentenced to 10 years for “illegal slaughter of cattle” based solely on evidence from a dog, granted new trial. By Yaremis Flores Carlos Raul Concepcion Rangel, Deputy Attorney General of the Republic of Cuba, asked the Supreme Court to review the penalty of 10 years imprisonment imposed on Michel Martinez Perez. The common … Continue reading “Deputy Attorney General of Cuba Questions the Conviction of Inmate Michel Martinez Perez / Yaremis Flores / Laritza Diversent”
EFE (via 14ymedio), Mexico City, November 10, 2023 — Freedoms of press and expression “continued to deteriorate” in Cuba, where in recent months multiple independent journalists have been arrested, harassed and assaulted, denounces the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA). According to a preliminary report scheduled to be approved this Sunday by the Press Freedom Commission of … Continue reading “Freedom of the Press Continues To Deteriorate in Cuba Due to High Level of Repression”
EFE (via 14ymedio), Miami, 22October 2021 — On Thursday, the journalists Henry Constantín, from La Hora de Cuba, and Juan Lorenzo Holmann Chamorro, from La Prensa (Nicaragua), were officially awarded this Thursday with the Grand Prize for Press Freedom granted by the Inter-American Press Association (IAPA). The award had been announced earlier this month. The awards to both, vice-presidents of the … Continue reading “Henry Constantin and Juan Lorenzo Holmann, Awarded Grand Prize for Press Freedom”
Artículo 19 and Cubalex — Article 19 strongly condemns the wave of arbitrary arrests that have been taking place since Thursday, November 12, against independent journalists, human rights activists and political opponents in Cuba. These events have been accompanied by interrogations, threats, seizures of work equipment, beatings, among other assaults. The aggressors have been agents … Continue reading “Organizations Speak Out Concerning the Wave of Repression in Cuba / Artículo 19 and Cubalex”
14ymedio, Juan Carlos Bow, Washington, January 14, 2019 — The extraordinary session of the Permanent Council of the Organization of American States (OAS) on Nicaragua was closely followed by José Miguel Vivanco, director of the Division of the Americas at Human Rights Watch. He was in the same room with the ambassadors and representatives of … Continue reading “"A Final Opportunity Is Being Opened To Ortega. There Won’t Be Any More Than That."”
14ymedio, Havana, 7 April 2015 — The Second Regional Youth and Democracy Forum started Monday in Panama City with the challenge of becoming a “dialogue space for young leaders of student, social and political movements in the region.” The meeting, which runs until Tuesday and is organized by the Latin American Youth for Democracy Network … Continue reading “Young people call to fight against fear and self-censorship / 14ymedio”
14ymedio/EFE, Havana, 3 April 2015 –Several leaders of the Cuban opposition and independent civil society made public Friday a document title “A United Message to the Seventh Summit of the Americas” under the slogan “Yo soy Cuba” (I am Cuba). In the text they point out that the “ the full insertion of the Cuban … Continue reading “Dissident leaders carry a united message to the Americas Summit in Panama / 14ymedio, EFE”
After 90 days of imprisonment, there is no formal accusation against the artist, Danilo Maldonado. Laritza Diversent, Havana, 25 March 2015 — Authorities are still imprisoning the artist, Danilo Maldonado, known as “El Sexto” (The Sixth), who was detained arbitrarily by the police. Maldonado, 31 years old, is an urban artist and painter who finds … Continue reading “Cuba: Artist imprisoned for painting the names "Fidel" and "Raul" on two piglets / Laritza Diversent”
HAVANA, Cuba – As of 1959, Cubans renounced the custom of publicly expressing their opinions, particularly political ones, as if the question of who and how they are governed was not something that affects all of society. The legally recognized press became a government artifact, responsible for giving shape to the collective conscience; to guarantee, … Continue reading “Independent Journalist: A Difficult Job / Lilianne Ruiz, Reinaldo Escobar”
Havana, Cuba, November, www.cubanet.org — Last November 21 the “2013 International Advocacy Congress” concluded in Havana. The event was sponsored by the National Organization of Collective Law Firms of Cuba (ONBC). At its opening, Homero Acosta, secretary of the State Counsel, was present, and doctors Joao Maria Moureira de Sousa and Hermenegildo Cachimbombo, Attorney General … Continue reading “Attorneys in Service to Castroism / Ernesto Garcia Diaz”
Today the director of the civic organization State of Sats, Antonio Rodiles, filed a petition for a writ of habeas corpus with the Provincial People’s Tribunal of Havana on behalf of two pro-democracy activists who were detained and who remain incommunicado. The first petition was filed on behalf of José Díaz Silva, who was arrested near … Continue reading “Antonio Rodiles Petitions For Habeas Corpus for Arbitrary Detentions”
Statement to readers About the Petition for Review of the Trial against Angel Santiesteban Prats. A few hours after the official web page STATE OF SATS published the post “Justice for Angel Santiesteban Prats,” in which it was officially reported that the petition for review of the trial by which the said writer had been … Continue reading “Official Statement about the Petition for Review of the Trial Against Angel Santiesteban Prats”