Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias Released; Two Other Writers Remain Imprisoned
PEN International welcomes the release of the independent journalist Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias. More
Normando Hernández González | Status: Released | Cuba
Normando Hernández González is a Cuban writer and independent journalist imprisoned during Cuba's Black Spring on March 18, 2003. He was released in a wave of amnesty on July… More
Two Journalists Jailed, One Writer Sentenced to Five Years in Prison
PEN International protests a renewed wave of repression and harassment against journalists and writers in Cuba, including the imprisonment of journalists Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias and José Antonio Torres,… More
Léster Luis González Pentón | Status: Released | Cuba
Léster Luis González Pentón is an independent journalist and political activist. In 2002, he co-founded El Movimiento por la Democracia (the Movement for Democracy) and later the ALFA-3 Movement,… More
José Luis García Paneque | Status: Released | Cuba
Dr. José Luis García Paneque is an independent journalist and librarian. He is a member of the Manuel Marquez Sterling Journalists’ Association, an independent association that the Cuban government… More
Bernardo Arévalo Padrón | Status: Released | Cuba
Bernardo Arévalo Padrón was arrested in August 1997 and charged with "insulting and contemptuous behavior" towards then-President Fidel Castro, for which he was sentenced to six years in prison.… More
Last Journalist Released
The last remaining Cuban journalist in prison, Habana Press director Alberto Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández, has now been released. More
Last of the “Black Spring” Writers Released
PEN International is delighted to report the release from prison of independent journalist Pedro Argüelles Morán on March 4, 2011. More
Second Writer Released and Allowed to Stay in Cuba; Three Still in Jail
Independent journalist and librarian Iván Hernández Carrillo was released on February 19, 2011, after nearly eight years' imprisonment. More
One More Writer Released; Four Remain in Prison
Writer and journalist Héctor Fernando Maseda Gutiérrez was freed on February 12, 2011, after almost eight years in prison. More
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