08/15 | URGENT: Violent Arrests of Cuban Opposition Activists in Revolution Square Protest
Hunger-Striker Iris Tamara Pérez Aguilera among the Detained |
08/06 | Jailed Cuban Journalist Vows to Renew Hunger Strike, Stitch Mouth Shut
Statements made by Amnesty International prisoner of conscience Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta from Holguín Provincial Prison in Cuba. |
08/05 | International Center-Right Youth Organizations and Political Parties Support Cuban Freedom
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07/31 | CUBA: Human Rights Activists Rally at Prison for Hunger Striking Journalist in Critical Condition
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07/31 | URGENT: Activist Sit-In to Support Jailed Journalist’s Hunger Strike Violently Broken Up; 22 Arrested
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07/29 | URGENT: Life of Hunger Striking Cuban Political Prisoner in Danger
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07/25 | Cuban Activist at UN Condemns Systematic Torture, Seeks Support for Political Prisoners
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07/25 | Jailed Cuban Journalist Sews Mouth Shut to Protest Prison Conditions
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07/22 | Rev. Al Sharpton Calls for the Freedom of Afro-Cuban Political Prisoners and Democracy Activists at New York Demonstration
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07/17 | New Arrests in Continuing Repression against Young Cubans
Student Activists Detained in Eastern Cuba |
07/11 | Cuban Student Leader is Granted Right to Travel After Succeeding in Hunger Strike
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07/10 | Cuban Special Forces Storm Student Leader’s Home
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07/09 | Mobs Led by Cuban Secret Police Besiege Student Leader’s Home
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07/07 | Cuban Student Leader Launches Hunger Strike for Rights
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07/03 | Harsh Repression Against Cuban Civic Opposition Movement
Numerous Activists Arrested, Including Former Amnesty International Prisoners of Conscience |
07/02 | Former President of Uruguay Supports Cuban Freedom and Reconstruction
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06/25 | CUBA: Antúnez and Other Activists Resume Protest and Sit-in at State Security Headquarters in Matanzas
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06/25 | Cuban Regime Breaks up Human Rights March by Gay Activists
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06/20 | Cuban Human Rights Activists Arrested Mere Hours after European Sanctions Lifted
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06/20 | Statement by Cuban Exile Organizations on European Union Sanctions Decision
European Union removes sanction against the Raúl Castro Regime, with strong conditions on human rights issues |
06/17 | Europeans and Democracy in Cuba
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06/16 | URGENT: Cuban University Student Leader Arrested after Requesting Havana Meeting with Uruguayan President
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06/16 | Norwegian Lawmaker Supports Freedom for Cuban Political Prisoners
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06/11 | Successful Hunger Strike by Cuban Political Prisoner
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06/04 | CUBA: Female Student Beaten and Expelled for Wearing a CAMBIO (CHANGE) Bracelet
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06/04 | Young Cubans Remember Chinese Students Massacred at Tiananmen Square
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06/02 | Christian Minister and His Family Brutally Beaten
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05/28 | Cuban Opposition Activists Take to the Streets to Commemorate Student Martyr’s Death in Spite of Harsh Repression
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05/25 | CUBA: Political Police Besiege Dissidents in Crackdown at Close of Boitel Activism Memorial
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05/25 | UPDATED: Violent Crackdown, Arrests of Opposition Activists at Close of Boitel Activism Memorial in Cuba
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05/20 | Cuban Political Prisoner Defies Guards in Dramatic Phone Recording
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05/19 | Over a Thousand Young Latin Americans Attend Concert for a Free Cuba
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05/19 | Latin American and Caribbean Youth Leaders Demand Freedom for Cuban Political Prisoners at Cuban Embassy in Panama
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05/16 | Opposition Activists Demonstrate in Cuba at the Tomb of Student Martyr Pedro Luis Boitel
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05/15 | The International Group for Corporate Social Responsibility in Cuba Celebrated it’s IV Conference in San Jose, Costa Rica
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05/15 | UPDATED: The “Pedro Luis Boitel Activism Memorial” Begins with Numerous Activities Inside Cuba
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05/14 | Directorio Responds to Cuban American National Foundation Smear Campaign
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05/14 | Directorio Responds to Cuban Ambassador to Norway
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05/07 | Official Non-Cooperation Campaign Site Updated with Calendar of Activities for “Twelve Days of World Solidarity with Cuba”
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05/07 | Exiles Join “Twelve Days of World Solidarity for Cuba: Toward the Republic” Campaign to Support Pedro Luis Boitel Activism Memorial in Cuba
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05/06 | Campaign for the Adoption of Cuban Political Prisoners Reaches Sweden
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05/03 | Cuban Democratic Directorate Thanks Salvadoran President for Supporting Freedom for Cuba
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04/30 | Launch of “Friends of a Democratic Cuba” Website
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04/30 | Letter from Antúnez to Raúl Castro on Torture in Cuba
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04/23 | International Campaign for the Adoption of Cuban Prisoners of Conscience Re-launched in Norway
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04/21 | Ladies in White Demand Freedom for Political Prisoners at Revolution Square, Raúl Castro’s Regime Cracks Down
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04/14 | Sickbed Attack on Political Prisoner Normando Hernández in Havana
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04/10 | Anti-government Signs Appear in Havana
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04/10 | Antúnez Renews Call to Campaign “Dignified and Decent Housing for Every Cuban”
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04/02 | URGENT: Directorio Opposes Dialogue with General Raul Castro Proposed by the Christian Democrat Organization of America
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04/02 | Activists continue to suffer under tourist apartheid
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04/02 | Cuban Physician, Prisoner of Conscience, Suffers Tortures at the Hands of Common Prisoners
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03/27 | Commemorative Activities in Cuba on the V Anniversary of the Black Spring
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03/27 | Dominican Youth Remember the Cuban Black Spring
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03/19 | Antigovernment Signs Appear in Cienfuegos and Santiago de Cuba
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03/19 | Uruguayan Youth Committee for Democracy in Cuba remembers victims of the Black Spring in Cuba
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03/12 | CUBAN DEMOCRATIC DIRECTORATE PRESENTS REPORTS ON TORTURE AND HUMAN RIGHTS VIOLATIONS IN CUBA
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03/11 | CUBAN OPPOSITION LEADER “ANTÚNEZ” BEGINS HUNGER STRIKE
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03/05 | CUBA VIOLATES HUMAN RIGHTS COVENANT:
Prisoner of conscience is victim of trial without due process |
02/27 | Activists in Sancti Spíritus Beaten After Carrying-Out a Public March
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02/20 | CUBA: Opposition Speaks in Regards to Fidel Castro’s Resignation
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02/19 | Cuban Democratic Directorate’s position on Dictator Fidel Castro’s Resignation
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02/06 | Anti-government slogans and posters continue to appear throughout Cuba
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01/30 | Activists in Cuba offer homage to the apostle José Martí
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01/23 | “I Do Not Cooperate with the Dictatorship” Stickers appear in Antilla, Holguin
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01/17 | International Community Condemns the Electoral Farce Taking Place in Cuba
Leaders from Europe and Latin America sign Declaration of Support for Multiparty Elections in Cuba. Among them the governing Centre Party, from Sweden, the Popular Party, from Spain, the Conservative Party of Great Britain and the Conservative Party of Norway
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01/16 | Signs and Stickers Asking for Democratic Change Increase in Cuba
Cubans make a call to not cooperate with the dictatorship |
01/11 | Opposition March Gains Popular Support
Homage Given to Opposition leader Miguel Valdes Tamayo in Havana |
01/09 | Despite Threats, Cuban Political Prisoners Use CAMBIO Bracelets
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01/02 | A call for an International Campaign for Cuban Political Prisoner in grave state of health.
Family of Omar Pernet Hernandez denounces his situation and call for solidarity |
01/02 | A Prayer for all those who fight for Human Rights in Cuba
Members of multiple Cuban exile organizations attend a Mass and candle light vigil for the liberty of Cuba |
01/01 | Activists Demand the Release of all Political Prisoners in Cuba:
Various Cubans wearing CAMBIO shirts imprisoned after carrying out a peaceful march in Villa Clara |
12/26 | Repression Against Students
Youth that promote university autonomy are arrested in Baracoa and Guantanamo |
12/26 | Mass Held in Support of Those Who Struggle For Freedom in Cuba
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12/05 | Student Activists Arrested for Academic Freedom Petition Transferred from Havana to Eastern Cuba
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12/05 | UPDATED: Eighteen Activists Arrested in Santiago de Cuba
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11/28 | Human Rights Activists in Havana Carry Out a Sit-in in Demand for Freedom of Beaten Activist
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11/27 | Cuban University Students Present Five Thousand Signature Petition for University Autonomy
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11/23 | CUBA: URGENT APPEAL TO INTERNATIONAL PUBLIC OPINION, TO HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATIONS AND DEMOCRATIC GOVERMENTS WORLWIDE
Cuban government repressive forces brutally beat members of families who live in a poor neighborhood in Havana and destroyed the furniture and personal belongings of a human rights defender. The activists arrested are threatened with being prosecuted
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11/15 | Political Prisoner Pacheco Ávila In Critical State of Health
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11/13 | U.N. Chief Urged to Investigate Official's Complicity With Undercover Castro Agents
"Until Mr. Ban and Ms. Arbour take action, Jean Ziegler's unethical conduct will cast a shadow upon the reputation and integrity of all the independent experts" -- Hillel Neuer, UN Watch |
11/11 | Activists’ Crossed Arms Mean “YO NO” (Not I)
Julio César López Rodríguez, National Coordinator of the Frank País 30th of November Democratic Party |
11/07 | AMID INCREASED REPRESSION, EXILES LAUNCH CIVIC RESISTANCE HOTLINE
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10/31 | Young Cubans Arrested for Protesting Electoral Farce
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10/31 | Youth Members of Central American and Mexican Liberal Parties Support Freedom for Cuba
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10/24 | Young Latin Americans Pray for Cubans Fasting for Freedom
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10/19 | Cuban University Activists Hold Memorial at Fallen Student Leader’s Tomb
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10/17 | Political Prisoners Honored with Pedro Luis Boitel Freedom Award
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10/12 | President of the Cuban Democratic Directorate presents the Non-Cooperation Campaign to President George W. Bush
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10/10 | Cuban political prisoner's wife meets with President Bush and speaks before the OAS
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10/07 | Uruguayan youth festival calls for free elections in Cuba
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10/01 | The Cuban Democratic Opposition Launches a NO to False Elections in Cuba
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09/28 | Resistance Increases in Cuba: released non-violent human rights activists denounce abuses by State Security Officials
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09/27 | Antúnez and other activists disappear in Havana
Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello carries out a sit-in in front of the Department of Justice in Havana: Activists are detained and their whereabouts are unknown |
09/26 | "Proclamation for the Liberal Unity of Cuba" receives solidarity in Latin America
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09/26 | Salvadorian Leaders Offer Their Solidarity to the Cuban opposition
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09/26 | Peaceful March in Camagüey for Freedom of Political Prisoners
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09/19 | Widespread Appearance of Non Cooperation Stickers Startles Secret Police
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09/19 | Fasts for freedom of political prisoners, in support of the non-cooperation campaign, and in rejection of the electoral sham proposed by the regime, increase nationwide
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09/19 | Activist brutally beaten and left unconscious after offering support to participants of national fast.
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09/13 | Antúnez speaks, from Havana, before a parallel forum during the sixth session of the UN Human Rights Council in Geneva
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09/12 | Directorio’s National Secretary Challenges “La Mesa Redonda” on Radio República
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09/07 | Human Rights Activists Fast in Cuba to Confront Repression for Wearing “Cambio” T-shirts
Latin-American Leaders Support Their Demand for Freedom |
09/05 | Cuban Opposition Leader Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina Detained and Threatened in Baracoa
“We are not going to allow any physical attacks against us. We are not terrorists and we will resist the Cuban regime’s terrorism.” |
08/31 | Poland: Opposition Leaders in Cuba and in Exile Sign Agreement for Democracy in Cuba
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08/29 | HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVISTS DETAINED AND BEATEN IN CAMAGÜEY
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08/22 | REPRESSION INCREASES IN CUBAN PRISONS
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08/20 | Cuban Independent Journalist Condemns Prison Abuse Upon Release
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08/15 | Fast continues despite repression
Human Rights activists fast for freedom for political prisoners and in support of the non cooperation campaign |
08/14 | Released Independent Labor Activist: “There is a Better World, and it is not Fidel Castro’s Dictatorship.”
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08/10 | POLITICAL PRISONER FRANCISCO CHAVIANO RELEASED IN HAVANA
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08/09 | CUBANS FAST FOR NONCOOPERATION CAMPAIGN
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08/08 | The Exile Community Actively Supports the “Day of Support of the Non Cooperation with the Dictatorship”
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08/08 | Cuban Police Brutality Causes 4 Prisoner Deaths
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08/01 | Cuban exile organizations announce “Day of support for Non Cooperation”
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08/01 | The Union of Cubans in Exile Honors Cuban Democratic Directorate Youth
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07/25 | Directorio presents report on Cuban political prisoners to OAS Inter-American Commission on Human Rights
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07/25 | Con el alma cautiva, a collection of poems by former prisoner of conscience Néstor Rodríguez Lobaina presented at the University of Miami
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07/25 | The Cuban Pro Human Rights Party affiliated to the Andrei Sakharov Foundation, celebrates its 19th anniversary
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07/18 | René Montes de Oca Martijas speaks through Radio República
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07/18 | Human rights activists pay tribute to the victims of the March 13th Tugboat Massacre
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07/09 | State Caves before Former Political Prisoner’s Hunger Strike
Antúnez Demanded Restoration of Rights to Housing |
07/04 | Independent Journalist Armando Betancourt Avoids Additional Sentence
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07/04 | Antúnez on Hunger Strike
Former Political Prisoner Demands to Return to his Home |
07/04 | The Regime Threatens: “The next one to commit suicide will be you!”
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06/27 | Antúnez Speaks from Cuba before Public Forum of ODCA about the Importance of Non-Cooperation
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06/26 | Delegation of Free Cubans Meets with Hungarian Foreign Minister and Leaders of Opposition Parties in Budapest
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06/19 | Polítical Prisoner Osvaldo Rams de la Cruz on Hunger Strike
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06/19 | Signs of Non-Cooperation Appear in Havana
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06/19 | Historic Peaceful March for Political Prisoner in Camagüey
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06/13 | Costa Rican Representatives Join in Solidarity with Cuban Political Prisoners
During a conference, a photograph exposition in tribute to the Ladies in White is inaugurated |
06/13 | Father of Assassinated Danish Youth Speaks During Parallel Forum at the United Nations Human Rights Council
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06/13 | Chilean Senate Condemns the Violation of Human Rights by the Governments of Cuba and Venezuela.
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06/12 | Daughter of Cuban Political Prisoner Testifies Before the United Nations
Lizi Chaviano Denounces Repression Against Political Prisoners in Cuba |
05/28 | A pesar de fuerte represión activistas salen a las de Cuba y conmemoran la muerte de Pedro Luis Boitel
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05/23 | Opposition protest threat cancels dissident’s trial
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05/14 | Cuban opposition leaders create rapporteur council to denounce human rights violations
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05/11 | Costa Rican government offers humanitarian visa to Cuban political prisoner
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05/09 | Urgent Appeal for Cuban Political Prisoner’s Life
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05/01 | Summit in Berlin lays a foundation for a common policy toward Cuba
Latinamerica, United States and Europe agree on the need for democratic change on the island |
05/01 | Cuban Political Prisoners Propose ‘Freedom Project’
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04/30 | New form of non-cooperation takes place in Cuba
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04/24 | International Initiatives at Berlin Summit for Cuban Democracy
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04/23 | Cuban political prisoner Antúnez released
“We must fight for the freedom of all Cuban political prisoners” |
04/18 | Independent Journalist Perseveres Despite Racism, Repression
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04/16 | The Cuban Democratic Directorate Supports Opposition Movement’s Unity Declaration
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04/11 | Spanish press and political leaders speak out against the “Moratinos deal”
Aznar speaks out |
04/03 | Cuban Stars Shine for Non-cooperation Movement
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03/28 | Federation of Cuban Women unmasked in Geneva
Activists who defend human rights in Cuba confront representatives of the dictatorship at the UN Human Rights Council |
03/27 | Cuban resistance commemorates March 18
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03/19 | Latin America joins Cuba’s struggle for freedom
Young Latin-American activists demand liberty for Cuban political prisoners |
03/08 | Activists from the island and exile present human rights abuses committed against women in Cuba
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02/27 | U.S. business sector focuses on Cuba
Two conferences in two weeks on the role of the private sector in a changing Cuba
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02/26 | Exile organizations call for national mourning for Mario Chanes de Armas
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02/18 | Political prisoner, Francisco Chaviano González, in critical state of health
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02/14 | Communist Party members denounce violence against human rights activists
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02/12 | Cuban reality exposed in Norway
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02/09 | Twist of events at independent journalist’s trial
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02/06 | 13 year-old girl detained and threatened
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02/01 | Prisoners rebel in demand for better treatment
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01/31 | The Christian Democrat Organization of America takes a stand on Cuba during international conference
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01/29 | Signs in Cuba call for change
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01/22 | Independent journalist will have a trial after 8 months of detention
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01/13 | Young Cubans Defy Police Brutality
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01/08 | Political Prisoner Receives Award from Young Cuban Journalists
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12/18 | Peruvian youth hold demonstration outside Cuban embassy
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12/18 | Antigovernmental signs appear on major Cuban highway
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12/07 | Pedro Luis Boitel Freedom Prize Awarded to People of Madruga, Cuba
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