Cuban Artist and Activist Arrested En Route to Protest
“When an artist who uses her voice to call for justice and social change finds herself arbitrarily detained on her own doorstep, it is obvious that a serious injustice… More
PEN America Decries Detention and Apparent Assault of Cuban Artists
"Such brutal harassment merely confirms a constant trend of repression and violence toward dissident voices in Cuba." More
Cuba: Immediately Release Poet and Journalist Roberto de Jesús Quiñones Haces
PEN International calls for the immediate and unconditional release of poet, lawyer and independent journalist Roberto de Jesús Quiñones Haces. In April 2019, he was detained while he was… More
Abraham Jiménez Enoa
Journalist and essayist featured in Cuba en la encrucijada (Cuba at the crossroads), Jiménez Enoa was placed under 24-hour house arrest by state authorities twice, in August and December… More
Rafael Gabriel Almanza Alonso
Famed poet and Marxist intellectual Alonso has suffered political persecution for his openly anti-Castro views. Since he was first expelled from university in 1980, he has endured extreme censorship… More
Léster Luis González Pentón
González, co-founder of the Movement for Democracy, was arrested in a 2003 roundup of dissidents known as the Black Spring and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was… More
Raúl Rivero
Rivero was arrested in a 2003 roundup of dissidents known as the Black Spring and sentenced to 20 years in prison. He was released in 2010 after multilateral talks… More
Maykel Castillo Pérez El Osokbo
Castillo Pérez faces frequent police harassment, including beatings and brief arbitrary detentions, for his activism and protest. He most recently was accused of aggravated contempt and spread of epidemics… More
Javier Moreno Díaz
In late 2018, Moreno Díaz, a poet, was repeatedly detained with other artists to prevent protests against the passage of Decree 349, which would require that all public exhibitions,… More
Lázaro Leonardo Rodríguez Betancourt Pupito En Sy
The rapper, who goes by stage name Pupito en Sy, spent nine months in prison after rapping in protest of Decree 349 and its further encroachment on already limited… More
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