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Alerts - Cuba

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Cuba

Hablemos Press journalist awaits 10th deportation to hometown

Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias recently reported, via Hablemos Press, that Havana was experiencing problems with its water supply.

Cuba

Released from Cuba's prisons, exiled journalists languish in Spain

Almost two years after the first crop of journalists arrived in Spain, the four who remain in the country are living under extremely difficult conditions, struggling even to feed themselves.

Cuba

Government must halt repression in advance of Pope's visit

Dissidents said that when they sought to exercise their basic rights to speak up about human rights concerns and hold rallies over the past few weeks, the authorities responded with beatings, detentions, harassment, and other repressive measures.

Cuba

Blogger denied travel to Brazil

It was, according to the blogger, the 19th time Cuban officials have turned down her request to leave the island. As in the past, officials gave no reason for the rejection.

Cuba

Hablemos Press journalist to be expelled from Havana yet again in new crackdown

Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias is awaiting deportation from the capital for the ninth time in less than two years, to his hometown of Camagüey.

Cuba

IAPA condemns increased harassment of dissidents

IAPA laments the absence of solidarity of Latin American governments with the Cuban people.

Cuba

Authorities refuse to renew Spanish correspondent's work permit

Mauricio Vicent, correspondent for the Spanish newspaper "El País" and the Cadena Ser network, was told that the government would not renew his work permit because of his portrayal of a "partial and negative" image of the country.

Cuba

Six dissidents sentenced in summary trials

Four people have been sentenced in Havana for distributing pamphlets criticising Raúl and Fidel Castro, while two human rights defenders have been sentenced for "insulting national symbols" and "disorder" for public acts that they denied had taken place.

Cuba

News site journalists face arrest, intimidation during Communist Party Congress

At least 10 correspondents from the Havana-based news outlet Centro de Información Hablemos Press have been detained in police stations, put under house arrest or threatened with arrest.

Cuba

Ending dark era, Cuba frees last jailed journalist

CPJ expressed relief that Albert Santiago Du Bouchet Hernández has been freed, a milestone in an intensive, international advocacy effort led by the Catholic Church, the Spanish government and international rights groups.

Cuba

Last of Black Spring journalists freed; one reporter still jailed

Pedro Argüelles Morán, 62, is the third journalist of the Black Spring detainees to be permitted to remain in Cuba after rejecting exile to Spain as a condition for his release.

Cuba

Human Rights Watch urges government to stop arbitrary arrests of dissidents

The government arbitrarily detained at least 50 people leading up to the one-year anniversary of Orlando Zapata Tamayo's death, according to dissidents who spoke to the organisation.

Cuba

Two journalists still held after "Black Spring" journalist Iván Hernández's release

Iván Hernández is the second of the "Black Spring" journalists to be allowed to stay in the country following their release.

Cuba

Journalist released on parole, allowed to stay in country

Press reports indicate that Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez had balked at the government's offer to be released on parole, asking instead for a pardon.

Cuba

Jailed journalists begin hunger strikes

Pedro Argüelles Morán and Albert Santiago du Bouchet began their action nearly a year after the death in prison of dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo following a hunger strike.

Cuba

Journalist arrested twice in less than 24 hours

Guillermo Fariñas was held for seven hours at a police station in Santa Clara province, accused of "public scandal" following a street protest staged in solidarity with a family that has been evicted from its home.

Cuba

Like Nobel ceremony, Sakharov Prize ceremony has empty chair

Guillermo "El Coco" Fariñas Hernández has not been allowed to leave Cuba.

Cuba

Government breaks promise by keeping three "Black Spring" journalists in prison

The journalists still held are refusing to go into exile, which is the Castro regime's condition for their release.

Cuba

Cuba frees another journalist jailed in 2003 crackdown

Journalist Alfredo Felipe Fuentes was freed from prison and exiled to Spain as part of an agreement between the Havana government and the Catholic Church.

Cuba

Two more writers released, exiled to Spain

Librarian José Miguel Martínez Hernández arrived in Madrid on 24 September, while journalist Miguel Galván Gutiérrez arrived the following day.

Cuba

Another "Black Spring" journalist released

Víctor Rolando Arroyo Carmona was freed and flown to Madrid, bringing to 15 the number of editors and reporters released following talks between the government and the Catholic Church.

Cuba

Another journalist freed, flown to Spain

Juan Adolfo Fernández Saínz said he was happy to have regained his freedom, but wished he's been given the chance to stay in Cuba.

Cuba

Two more reporters freed, arrive in Madrid

Fabio Prieto Llorente and Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta were both imprisoned in March 2003 during the massive crackdown on political dissent and independent journalism.

Cuba

Twelfth writer released into exile

Poet and activist Régis Iglesias Ramírez was freed on 17 August 2010 and arrived in Madrid the next day.

Cuba

Another Cuban journalist freed, flown to Madrid

José Ubaldo Izquierdo Hernández will move to Chile, where the government offered him political asylum.

Cuba

Tenth freed Cuban reporter lands in Madrid

"I am extremely happy to regain my freedom, but I also feel sad for leaving my country," said Alfredo Pulido López, who was sentenced to 14 years in jail in 2003.

Cuba

Ninth released Cuban journalist arrives in Spain

Mijail Bárzaga Lugo was a reporter for the independent news agency Agencia Noticiosa Cubana before his arrest in March 2003.

Cuba

IPI's Cuban "Justice Denied" journalist Omar Rodriguez Saludes freed, lands in Madrid

Rodriguez's arrival in Spain brings to at least seven the number of journalists who have travelled there after being released from Cuban prisons.

Cuba

Six journalists released, 16 to follow

Their release follows talks between the Cuban government, the Catholic Church and the Spanish foreign minister, during which Cuba reportedly pledged to release 52 dissidents jailed in 2003 over the coming months.

Cuba

Church says government will release political prisoners

The Catholic Church, which has been negotiating for the release of political prisoners, said five would be released immediately, with 47 freed over a three- to four-month period.

Cuba

Dissident doctor and reporter paroled after nearly a year in pre-trial detention

Darsi Ferrer was finally tried on 22 June 2010 on charges of "irregularities" and "assault" and was granted a conditional release after being held without trial since July 2009.

Cuba

Journalist begins hunger strike after being returned to prison

State security agents arrested Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias on 25 May while he was covering a demonstration organised by dissidents in the capital.

Cuba

Independent journalist arrested again, 10 days after being released

Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias was arrested while covering a demonstration organised by dissidents in Havana.

Cuba

Dissident journalist freed pending trial on charges of insulting and attacking police officers

Calixto Ramón Martínez Arias was arrested while covering an activity commemorating the death of imprisoned dissident Orlando Zapata Tamayo.

Cuba

Opposition journalist Dania García freed while awaiting appeal hearing

In April, García was sentenced to one year and eight months in prison, officially in connection with a family quarrel.

Cuba

Blogger arrested, sentenced to 20 months in prison

IAPA condemns the prison sentence against Dania Virgen García and the arrest of a second journalist, Yosvani Anzardo Hernández.

Cuba

Journalist's release leaves 24 others waiting to be freed

Oscar Sánchez Madán, who was one of the 25 journalists imprisoned in the country, was released on 11 April after completing a three-year jail sentence.

Cuba

IAPA concerned about health of independent journalist on hunger strike

IAPA calls for the immediate release of imprisoned independent journalists and prisoners of conscience.

Cuba

RSF correspondent turns 60 in prison

Sentenced to 20 years in prison just for doing his job, González Alfonso González has had to endure the mistreatment that is standard fare for Cuban prisoners of conscience.

Cuba

Dissident journalist arrested in Holguín

Journalist Juan Carlos Reyes Ocaña is facing charges of "insult", "disobedience" and "illegal economic activity".

Cuba

IAPA protests heightened repression in Cuba

Journalist Carlos Serpa Maceira reported that he was physically attacked while covering a demonstration.

Cuba

Prominent blogger abducted, beaten

Cuba's most prominent blogger, Yoani Sánchez, together with blogger Orlando Luís Pardo Lazo, were forced into an unmarked vehicle, beaten and threatened by their captors.

Cuba

Journalist starts hunger strike after 80 days in preventive detention as clampdown continues

Darsi Ferrer began the hunger strike on 13 October 2009 to protest his prison conditions.

Cuba

IAPA criticises government for preventing acclaimed blogger from leaving the country

The government has decided not to allow journalist Yoani Sánchez to leave the country to receive a journalism award presented by Columbia University in New York.

Cuba

Authorities block websites, detain another journalist

With the detention of Yosvani Anzardo Hernández, Cuba now has a total of 26 journalists in prison.

Cuba / United States

Mother of jailed Cuban journalist awarded US$27.5 million in compensation for emotional distress

A United States federal judge has ordered the Cuban Communist Party and the government of Raul Castro to pay US$27.5 million to the mother of a jailed journalist.

Cuba

Doctor and journalist arrested and taken to Havana jail

RSF voiced concern at the arrest of dissident Darsi Ferrer, head of a health and human rights centre.

Cuba

IPI calls for release of journalists

The IPI calls for the immediate release of 22 journalists imprisoned in Cuba.

Cuba

Dissident photographer held incommunicado, faces jail on "pre-crime social danger" charge

The Centro de Información Hablemos Press is being kept in the dark about where its photographer, María Nélida López Báez, has been held since her arrest by security forces.

Cuba

Independent journalist sentenced to three years in prison

A Cuban independent journalist was sentenced during a summary trial to three years in prison on charges of "disrespect," journalists in Havana told the Committee to Protect Journalists

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