Cubans are enduring their fourth consecutive day of widespread blackouts, sparking public protests and threats from President Miguel Díaz-Canel. Summary of reports from 14yMedio, an independent news outlet based in Havana.
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Julio Cesar Góngora Millo is a Cuban citizen subjected by the Cuban regime to a situation of extreme vulnerability due to a disability, currently being denied an MRI and specialized medical attention, including surgery to close the wound caused by a permanent cystostomy he has endured for 11 years. This denial is in direct retaliation for his advocacy on human rights. The Cuban regime's intention is clear: by withholding medical care, they aim to keep him permanently incapacitated, thus impeding his ability to continue advocating for human rights.
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Democratic Spaces stands in solidarity with human rights groups to express our unequivocal condemnation of the recent three-year prison sentence imposed on Cuban activist Aniette González García. Ms. González García was detained in March of last year after participating in the "La bandera es de todos" (The Flag Belongs to Everyone) initiative, showing support for the detained artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara during the historic protests on July 11, 2021.
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OTTAWA. CANADA. Jan 29, 2024. Democratic Spaces joins 8 civil society and community organizations, taking part under the Human Rights Coalition to participate in the Public Hearings on Foreign Interference.
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In a video released on June 22nd, Ana Belkis Ferrer, sister of Cuban pro-democracy leader and prisoner of conscience José Daniel Ferrer, boldly exposes the systematic torture he has endured over the past three months, during which he has been subjected to enforced disappearance. He lost his ability to walk for a month and now has difficulties walking.
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Democratic Spaces joins the NGO ARTICLE 19 in condemning the imprisonment of Cuban independent journalist Yuri Valle Roca, as two years have passed since his unjust incarceration. ARTICLE 19 Mexico and Central America, an organization that promotes and defends the progressive advancement of freedom of expression and access to information for all individuals, speaks out today, two years after the arbitrary arrest and subsequent unfair sentencing of five years in prison, condemning the repression faced by independent journalists in Cuba.
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Democratic Spaces stands in solidarity with the “We Will not Leave Them Alone,” campaign initiated by Cubalex about the five courageous protesters who took to the streets in Caimanera, Cuba and inspired an entire town to rise up and demand social and political rights. Protestors chanted, “FREEDOM.”
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Dr. Nelva Ortega in this audio speaks up against the denial of family visits to her husband, José Daniel Ferrer García, Cuban Prisoner of Conscience.
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On May 6 2023 people in Caimanera, Guantanamo, Cuba took to the streets chanting “Freedom,” and “Long Live Human Rights.” The original trigger of the protests was the collapse of the health care system and electricity in the city.
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Dr. Nelva Ortega denounces the denial of family visits to her husband José Daniel Ferrer García on April 11, 2023. José Daniel has been considered a Prisoner of Conscience by Amnesty International on two occasions (2003 during the Black Spring and in 2021).
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Saylí Navarro, Cuban Prisoner of Conscience sent a message on March 18, .2023 from the Mixed Women’s Prison in Matanzas ratifying her position that she will not leave Cuba amidst pressure from State Security
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The NGO Cubalex publishes their monthly report on the worsening human rights situation in Cuba covering the situation in the island for February 2023.
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Enes Kanter Freedom sent message of hope to the people of Cuba on the first anniversary of the July 11 pro democracy protests:. “Cuba will be Free” and to enablers of repression in the island he said “dictatorship will fall.”
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On July 4. 2022, Cuban artist, human rights activist and leader of the San Isidro Movement declared himself in a hunger and thirst strike in the Guanajay Prison. This constitutes a protest for his arbitrary imprisonment and 5 year sentence.
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Despite a heavy police presence, the people of Cuba chanted FREEDOM during a Carlos Varela concert held on May 29 at the Ciudad Deportiva in Havana. A pesar de la fuerte presencia policial, el pueblo de Cuba coreó LIBERTAD durante un concierto de Carlos Varela celebrado el 29 de mayo en la Ciudad Deportiva de La Habana.
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Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara, contemporary Cuban artist and Prisoner of Conscience as declared by Amnesty International in August 2021, designed the cover of the new song by singer Yotuel Romero "Un lambo en Varadero” from prison in Guanajay.
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A petition to expel the Cuban regime from the United Nations Human Rights Council
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Russia is suspended from the UN Human Rights Council. Democratic Spaces considers shameful the position of dictatorships such as Cuba that voted against the suspension of Russia.
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On April 5, 2022, Rosa María Payá, International Coordinator of the Cubadecide civil initiative gave a speech at the United Nation Human Rights Council and demanded that the Cuban dictatorship is expelled from the United Nations Human Rights Council.
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Cuban artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara is suffering from vision problems, sequels of a paralysis he suffered during the time he was on hunger strike in prison, for which he has requested medical attention, but has been denied, art curator Claudia Genlui Hidalgo reported Monday.