HH RR
Por Yoani Sánchez
Last week the United States Department of State chose Cuban journalist Jose Antonio Torres to lead off the campaign for International Press Freedom Day, this May 3rd. The initiative denounces the ...
Human Rights
Por 14ymedio
The arrests of 209 activists is the final result this Saturday, a day on which several opposition groups demanded the release of political prisoners. The majority of those arrested are members of ...
English Edition
Por Reinaldo Escobar
A blacksmith by profession, he never imagined that after so many years of fabricating bars for his neighbors’ homes, he would end up locked behind prison bars. The activist Vladimir Morera ...
Human Rights
Por 14ymedio
During the day this Sunday nearly 300 activists were arrested across the country, according to what Cuban opposition sources told this newspaper. Most of those arrested belong to the Patriotic ...
Human Rights
Por 14ymedio
Danilo Maldonado, El Sexto, was released this Tuesday after 10 months of detention in Valle Grande Prison in Havana. At around 10 in the morning, an official entered the cellblock where the artist ...
Papal Visit
Por EFE, 14ymedio
Pope Francis said Tuesday that during his stay in Cuba he had no plans to grant audiences to “anyone,” on being questioned about why he had not held a meeting with members of the Cuban ...
Papal Visit
Por EFE, 14ymedio
Opposition member Martha Beatriz Roque Cabello reported that on Sunday afternoon State Security stopped her – for the second day in a row – from personally greeting Pope Francis. Their meeting, ...
Human Rights
Por 14ymedio
The leader of the Ladies in White, Berta Soler, reported several arrests of opponents and independent journalists beginning early today. Those detained were prevented from attending Mass at ...
Human Rights
Por 14ymedio
This Sunday has resulted in dozens of arrests among activists and Ladies in White. The arrests occurred after the traditional march that the human rights movement takes along Fifth Avenue in ...
Reactions
Por 14ymedio
This Monday, a group of protestors outside the new Cuban embassy in Washington accompanied the speech by Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez with shouts of “Cuba sí, Castro No”; “Freedom for ...