CPJ: Cuba’s detention of content producers stifles access to information
The Committee to Protect Journalists condemns the detention of two content producers with El 4tico, a social media outlet in eastern Cuba, and calls on authorities to immediately release them and allow the free flow of information on the island.
IAPA condemns escalation of attacks by the Cuban government against “elTOQUE” staff
In recent days, the publication editorial team reported acts of intimidation, threats, and direct pressure, as well as defamation campaigns orchestrated by official media and accounts linked to state institutions.
Persecuted in Cuba, given refuge in Poland
Writers and rights activists Zulema Gutiérrez and Javier L. Mora faced harassment and organised state persecution in Cuba. They are now flourishing and writing freely courtesy of an ICORN residency in Gdansk.
José Luis Tan Estrada: I fled Cuba’s media repression so I could remain a journalist
In an interview with CPJ, the exiled journalist spoke about the new Social Communication Law, what fuels his passion for the profession, and how he plans to continue covering Cuba from abroad.
Journalist Yeris Curbelo Aguilera sentenced to two years in prison in Cuba
Curbelo Aguilera has stated that he was prosecuted in retaliation for his reporting on anti-government protests in the eastern town of Caimanera in 2023.
Several journalists flee Cuba after state agents question and pressure at least 8
Increasing state repression has forced multiple Cuban journalists into exile, a troubling sign for the future of independent media on the island.
CPJ calls on US to investigate threats against exiled Cuban journalist
Nieves believes that the threatening message came from agents of Cuban state security because he previously received other threatening messages from individuals with the names used by police officers who interrogated him while he was still in Cuba.
Cuba: Detention and harassment of Alina Bárbara López and Jenny Pantoja highlight repression of critical voices
“The harassment suffered by López and Pantoja is indicative of the Cuban government’s continued use of its intelligence and police forces to target artists and stifle free expression.”
Performance artist Tania Bruguera harassed by Cuban government despite forced exile
Bruguera was forced to leave Cuba in 2021 as a result of government pressure and persecution for her artistic work.
Exiled Cuban journalist Abraham Jiménez Enoa threatened in Spain
Jiménez told CPJ that this was not the first time he has been threatened by individuals with Cuban accents.
Report: Drastic deterioration in artistic freedom in Cuba two years after historic demonstrations
In a new report on the second anniversary, PEN International, PEN America’s Artists at Risk Connection (ARC) and Cubalex, profile 17 exiled cultural professionals – demonstrating their resilience – while documenting the repressive and sometimes violent tactics by the Cuban state that forced them to flee.
Not even prison can silence Cuba’s artists
Freedom House spoke with human rights defender Anamely Ramos González about Cuba’s San Isidro Movement – an art collective that continues to defend Cubans’ right to free expression even after key members were imprisoned.
New law in Cuba aims to “legalize censorship”
The Inter American Press Association (IAPA) condemns Cuba’s dictatorial regime for its ploy to “legalize censorship” by approving a law that will allow it to strengthen its coercion against press freedom, independent media, and journalists and further restrict citizens’ freedom of expression.
New digital law tightens clampdown on press freedom in Cuba
Article 28 of the new law says media are “the socialist property of the entire people or of political, social and mass organisations, and cannot be the subject of any other kind of property.”