Medhat Safwat
Sawfat, who has written critically about fundamentalist groups’ strict interpretation of Islam, has faced verbal abuse and intimidation after each piece he has written. He was also formally admonished… More
Kareem Amer
Known for the secular views expressed on his blog, Amer was sentenced to four years in prison for disparaging Islam and defaming the president in 2007. Upon his scheduled… More
Francisco Valencia
Editor of El Diario Co Latino, Valencia has published writing critical of the state, for which he has been threatened and stalked. In 1991, the paper’s office was firebombed.… More
Ramón Nsé Esono Ebalé Jamón y Queso
Esono Ebalé, a cartoonist and blogger, was arrested in September 2017 on charges of money laundering and counterfeiting, but was interrogated about his cartoons of political figures by security… More
Javier Moreno Díaz
Javier Moreno Díaz has been harrassed and arrested by the Cuban government in an effort to stop protests against Decree 349, a restrictive 2018 referendum that mandates all public… More
Lázaro Leonardo Rodríguez Betancourt Pupito En Sy
In 2018, rapper Pupito en Sy was jailed for nine months after rapping in protest of Decree 349, a law restricting artistic expression in Cuba. He later was detained… More
Francis Sánchez Rodríguez
A prolific author and founder of a magazine seen as a platform for free expression in Cuba, Sánchez faced government harassment and intimidation for decades in connection with his… More
Ángel Santiesteban Prats
Renowned author Santiesteban has been subject to consistent harassment for his opposition to the Cuban regime on his blog. He was imprisoned from 2012-2017 for openly criticizing Raul Castro.… More
Indamiro Restano Díaz
After two detentions in 1985 and 1991, Restano was arrested again in late 1991 and handed a ten-year prison sentence on charges of rebellion for organizing an opposition group.… More
Normando Hernández González
Hernández was arrested in a 2003 roundup of dissidents known as the Black Spring and sentenced to 25 years in prison, where he was held in appalling conditions. He… More
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