Cuban Artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara Released after a Month in Hospital Detention
“We emphatically call for Cuba’s governmental campaign of harassment to end, and for Cuban authorities to halt all attempts to muzzle dissent and criminalize independent artists, writers, and activists.” More
Cuban Authorities Must Release Detained Cuban Artists and Cease Harassment Campaign
On Thursday morning, Cuban police arrested four artists and one independent journalist attempting to leave their houses to participate in a demonstration in support of independent artist Luis Manuel… More
Cuban Artist Under House Arrest Begins Hunger and Thirst Strike
Independent Cuban artist and activist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara announced that he would begin a hunger and thirst strike this week after being placed under de facto house arrest.… More
Carlos Manuel Álvarez
Rising literary figure and journalist Álvarez returned to Cuba in November 2020 to support the San Isidro movement. He was shortly thereafter subject to multiple brief detentions, physical and… More
Denis Solís González
Solís González is a Cuban songwriter and rapper who was forcibly detained in November 2020 after he posted a video on social media criticizing the authorities for entering his… More
Jorge Enrique Rodríguez Camejo
Rodríguez was arrested on June 28, 2020 for “contempt of authority” hours after publishing a text on Facebook about the murder of Hansel Ernesto Hernández, a black youth killed… More
Cuban Government Bans Journalist From Returning Home
Cuban journalist Karla Pérez González was stranded in Panama this week after being notified that her government had banned her from re-entry to Cuba. More
PEN America Condemns Arrest of Cuban Artists, Mass Detention of Protestors
“Such alarming disregard for the fundamental rights to freedom of expression and protest sends a clear message to independent artists and thinkers on the island: speak your mind and… More
Cuban Artist Bruguera Detained and Held Overnight
"Bruguera’s arrest is just one more iteration of the Cuban government’s efforts to exert a vice-like grip over the cultural sector." More
PEN America Condemns Disturbing Wave of Intimidation and Arrests of Cuban Artists
“Cuban authorities' blatant disregard for freedom of expression has triggered one of the most vicious and alarming cycles of brutality faced by artists in the country in recent memory." More
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NEW: PEN America, along with CADAL, the Center for the Opening and Development of Latin America, condemn the Cuban authorities for their arbitrary detention of rapper and activist Maykel Castillo and call for his immediate release. https://bit.ly/3iVhNIK
