Cuban opposition group calls for more protests, denounces arrests
3 years, 1 month ago

Cuban opposition group calls for more protests, denounces arrests

Al Jazeera  

Archipelago says more than 100 people were detained on Monday as security forces prevented protesters from gathering. A Cuban opposition group called on its supporters to continue demonstrating for 10 more days amid accusations that the government is detaining opposition figures and preventing others from leaving their homes. On Tuesday, the United States said it “commends the courage and will of the Cuban people who stood in the face of government repression to make their voices heard”, according to a statement by State Department Spokesperson Ned Price. “The Cuban regime again blocked the voices of the Cuban people rather than listen to them, forgoing opportunities for dialogue and positive change for the future of Cuba,” according to the statement. On Sunday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the Cuban government of “intimidation tactics” against protesters adding that the US “will continue to pursue measures that both support the Cuban people and promote accountability for the Cuban regime’s repression”.

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Cuba: Organización no gubernamental documentó más de 200 manifestaciones en 2024
3 weeks, 6 days ago

Cuba: Organización no gubernamental documentó más de 200 manifestaciones en 2024

Associated Press  

LA HABANA — Una organización independiente del gobierno que monitorea la situación de derechos civiles y presos en Cuba cuantificó en más de 200 las protestas, algunas pequeñas y en general pacíficas, ocurridas este año en la isla. “Este año Justicia 11J ha podido documentar que, lejos de la pasividad de la ciudadanía que quizá algunos sectores puedan interpretar del …

Cuban authorities make arrests after protests broke out over blackouts
1 month, 2 weeks ago

Cuban authorities make arrests after protests broke out over blackouts

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Cuban authorities said Sunday they arrested a number of people for disorderly behavior after protests over blackouts that stretched on for days broke out in recent weeks. Cuba’s Attorney General’s office said it started criminal proceedings against people in Cuba’s capital Havana, the province of Mayabeque and the city of Ciego de Avila for “assault, disorderly behavior and …

Cubans in eastern city of Santiago protest blackouts and food shortages
9 months, 1 week ago

Cubans in eastern city of Santiago protest blackouts and food shortages

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Small groups of protesters took to the streets in the eastern city of Santiago on Sunday, decrying power outages lasting up to eight hours and food shortages across Cuba. In reporting on events in Santiago, the government-linked news organization El Necio said, “Due to the long hours of power outages from lack of fuel and other situations arising …

Some Advice for Russia’s Newest Opposition Leader
9 months, 1 week ago

Some Advice for Russia’s Newest Opposition Leader

Politico  

The ugly truth is that opposition movements fighting dictatorships — especially those forced into exile — have rarely succeeded in the post-Cold War era. On Sunday, in a symbolic show of dissent backed by an array of opposition groups, Russians unhappy with Putin showed up in throngs at polling stations just as the clock hit noon across the country’s many …

Remembering the Cuban July 11 protests
1 year, 5 months ago

Remembering the Cuban July 11 protests

LA Times  

I had just gotten into an elevator in Las Vegas when I heard the familiar accent. The #EU should urge President @DiazCanelB to free those unjustly imprisoned #CubaSinRepresión✊🏾 #CubaWithoutRepression pic.twitter.com/4ENcB6eajW — Amnesty EU July 10, 2023 The protests that took place two years ago this week in Cuba were something many of us in the U.S. and on the island …

Parents of Cuba protesters blocked from meeting US officials
2 years, 1 month ago

Parents of Cuba protesters blocked from meeting US officials

Associated Press  

HAVANA — On the day Migdalia Gutiérrez was set to meet with an American delegation in Havana, Cuban state security were waiting outside her home in a white car at 6 a.m. sharp. Gutiérrez and at least five other parents of participants in Cuba’s 2021 protests were temporarily detained and prevented from visiting the delegation Wednesday, according to U.S. officials …

Cuba slams US ‘involvement’ on anniversary of anti-gov’t protests
2 years, 5 months ago

Cuba slams US ‘involvement’ on anniversary of anti-gov’t protests

Al Jazeera  

Cuba’s foreign minister has accused the United States of being involved in efforts to “subvert law and order” in the country after President Joe Biden’s administration welcomed the courage of Cuban protesters who took to the streets last year in rare anti-government demonstrations. In a statement on Monday marking the one-year anniversary of the Cuban protests, US Secretary of State …

Cuba sanctions nearly 400 people over anti-government protests
2 years, 6 months ago

Cuba sanctions nearly 400 people over anti-government protests

Al Jazeera  

Nearly 300 of those sanctioned were sentenced to between five and 25 years in prison, attorney general’s office says. Of the 381 people sanctioned on Monday, a total of 297 have been sentenced to between five and 25 years in prison for crimes of sedition, sabotage, robbery with force, and public disorder, the attorney general’s office said in a statement …

Cuban courts impose stiff sentences against protesters
2 years, 10 months ago

Cuban courts impose stiff sentences against protesters

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Cuban courts have handed out sentences of up to 20 years in prison to a group of people accused of taking part in protests that swept across the island in July, relatives and activists said Tuesday. She said relatives of the 20 were summoned to the court Monday to hear the verdict, which followed a trial in early …

Cuban prosecutors say 790 people charged for July protests
2 years, 10 months ago

Cuban prosecutors say 790 people charged for July protests

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Some 790 people who participated in anti-government protests in Cuba last year face prosecution for sedition, violent attacks, public disorder, theft and other crimes, the attorney general’s office said Tuesday. The announcement was the first from prosecutors since August, a month after thousands of Cubans protested in Havana and other cities over grievances including power blackouts, economic hardship …

Cuba acknowledges prosecuting hundreds for last year’s protests
2 years, 11 months ago

Cuba acknowledges prosecuting hundreds for last year’s protests

Al Jazeera  

Cuban prosecutor’s office says 710 people have been referred to trials in relation to anti-government protests in July. In a statement released through Cuba’s official newspaper Granma, the public prosecutor’s office said on Tuesday that 790 people have been indicted “for acts of vandalism, which attempted against authorities, persons and property, and severe disruptions of public order”. We are all …

Dozens of Cuban protesters to face trial this week, relatives say
2 years, 11 months ago

Dozens of Cuban protesters to face trial this week, relatives say

Al Jazeera  

Demonstrators were detained during unprecedented July protests against food shortages, rising prices and other grievances. At least 57 protesters arrested in Cuba during last year’s wave of unprecedented demonstrations are scheduled to go on trial this week, their relatives have said. In the Cuban capital, Havana, Yaquelin Cruz said her 20-year-old son Dariel Cruz faced a prosecution request for a …

Protest call in Cuba goes unheeded as organizers bottled up
3 years, 1 month ago

Protest call in Cuba goes unheeded as organizers bottled up

Associated Press  

HAVANA — A call for protests went unheeded Monday as some of the organizers complained that government supporters had surrounded their homes so they couldn’t go out, while others said they were warned by Cuban police that they would be arrested if they took to the streets. The organizers sought to hold protests the same day that Cuba reopened to …

Planned Cuba protests fizzle amid police deployment, confinement
3 years, 1 month ago

Planned Cuba protests fizzle amid police deployment, confinement

Al Jazeera  

Prominent dissidents say they were confined to their homes as police flooded the streets to head off planned protests. The latest round of opposition protests planned in Cuba has not materialised, with police flooding the island nation’s capital and several prominent organisers reporting being confined to their homes. Amid a months-long government crackdown on dissent, friends and family said several …

US slams Cuba ‘intimidation tactics’ before planned protests
3 years, 1 month ago

US slams Cuba ‘intimidation tactics’ before planned protests

Al Jazeera  

Havana has banned Monday’s planned march, which comes after rare demonstrations broke out in the island country in July. United States Secretary of State Antony Blinken has condemned what he called “intimidation tactics” employed by the Cuban government in advance of planned protests. “We call on the Cuban government to respect Cubans’ rights, by allowing them to peacefully assemble …

Cuban opposition figure arrested ahead of banned protest
3 years, 1 month ago

Cuban opposition figure arrested ahead of banned protest

Al Jazeera  

Guillermo Farinas was arrested on Friday, his family said, three days before opposition figures plan to hold a protest. President Miguel Diaz-Canel said his supporters were “ready to defend the revolution” in the face of “an imperial strategy to try to destroy the revolution.” “We are calm, sure of ourselves, but attentive and alert, and we are also prepared to …

Cuba accuses US of ‘destabilisation’ ahead of opposition protests
3 years, 1 month ago

Cuba accuses US of ‘destabilisation’ ahead of opposition protests

Al Jazeera  

Cuba saw rare public protests in July over rising living costs, food shortages and the continuing US embargo. Cuba has accused the United States of seeking to destabilise the island, as Cuban opposition groups plan to hold protests next week despite a government ban on the demonstrations. On Wednesday, Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodriguez said the government would not allow …

Cuba calls National Defence Day on date of planned protests
3 years, 2 months ago

Cuba calls National Defence Day on date of planned protests

Al Jazeera  

Organisers say the government is militarising the country for the upcoming civil liberties demonstrations. Cuba has announced it will conduct annual military exercises on the date of planned human rights protests around the country. A brief armed forces communique published in state-run media on Friday has said the country will conduct annual military exercises on November 18 to 19, leading …

After historic protests, defiant Cubans face mass trials
3 years, 4 months ago

After historic protests, defiant Cubans face mass trials

CNN  

Havana, Cuba CNN — Following the most widespread protests since Fidel Castro’s 1959 revolution, Cubans are now bracing themselves for a new aftershock poised to shake the communist-run island: Mass trials of those who dared to take to the streets calling for change. I said, ‘My love be calm, you are not alone.’” Cuban officials have refused to say how …

Nearly 60 prosecuted over Cuba demonstrations, says top official
3 years, 5 months ago

Nearly 60 prosecuted over Cuba demonstrations, says top official

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds were arrested during protests this month and many face charges of contempt, public disorder and vandalism. “Until yesterday, 19 judicial processes had reached the municipal courts of the country – cases involving 59 people accused of committing alleged crimes these disturbances,” Ruben Remigio Ferro, president of the Supreme Court, told reporters on Saturday. Reed Lindsay, a Havana-based journalist with …

Cuba: US protest narrative paving way for military incursion
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba: US protest narrative paving way for military incursion

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Cuba criticized the United States and President Joe Biden on Wednesday for a series of statements by senior officials after the unprecedented protests on the island last week, accusing the U.S. government of seeking to justify a military intervention. Johana Tablada, deputy director for U.S. affairs at Cuba’s Ministry of Foreign Affairs, said U.S. officials are painting a …

Cuba government rallies backers following big protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba government rallies backers following big protests

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Cuban officials rallied tens of thousands of supporters in the streets on Saturday — nearly a week after they were stunned by the most widespread protests in decades. “There are no medicines, there is nothing, there is no food.” According to Díaz-Canel, there were four sectors involved in the protests: radical supporters of the United States who waved …

UN rights chief calls on Cuba to release protesters
3 years, 5 months ago

UN rights chief calls on Cuba to release protesters

Al Jazeera  

At least 100 people have been arrested and one person killed during rare demonstrations in the island nation. United Nations human rights chief Michelle Bachelet has called on Cuba to release protesters and several journalists arrested during days of rare demonstrations in the Caribbean nation, condemning the use of excessive use of force by security personnel. In a statement on …

Faced with rare protests, Cuba curbs social media access, says watchdog
3 years, 5 months ago

Faced with rare protests, Cuba curbs social media access, says watchdog

The Hindu  

Cuba has restricted access to social media and messaging platforms including Facebook and WhatsApp, global internet monitoring firm NetBlocks said on Tuesday, in the wake of the biggest anti-government protests in decades. “The pattern of restrictions observed in Cuba indicate an ongoing crackdown on messaging platforms used to organise and share news of protests in real-time,” said NetBlocks director Alp …

Cuba confirms 1 man dead during antigovernment protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba confirms 1 man dead during antigovernment protests

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Cuban authorities confirmed Tuesday that one person has died during demonstrations that have shaken the island in recent days by protesting over food shortages, high prices and other grievances against the government. The demonstrations in several cities and towns were some of the biggest displays of antigovernment sentiment seen in years in tightly controlled Cuba, which is facing …

Cuba restricts access to social media apps to curb protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuba restricts access to social media apps to curb protests

Al Jazeera  

Mobile internet has been a key factor behind the protests and activists say government is restricting access to messaging apps. Cuba has restricted access to social media and messaging platforms including Facebook and WhatsApp, global internet monitoring firm NetBlocks has said, in the wake of the biggest anti-government protests in decades. “The pattern of restrictions observed in Cuba indicate an …

Cubans in Miami talk of boating to island to back protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Cubans in Miami talk of boating to island to back protests

The Independent  

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Analysis: Cuba’s protests are unprecedented but the future for newly defiant Cubans is anything but certain
3 years, 5 months ago

Analysis: Cuba’s protests are unprecedented but the future for newly defiant Cubans is anything but certain

CNN  

Havana, Cuba CNN — For months the refrain across Cuba has been “¿hasta cuando?” How much longer? “You have to be out here if you want to have food.” The government of President Miguel Diaz-Canel, the first head of state not named Castro since the revolution took power more than six decades ago, gave frequent updates on the economic crisis …

Police patrol Havana in large numbers after rare protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Police patrol Havana in large numbers after rare protests

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Large contingents of Cuban police patrolled the capital of Havana on Monday following rare protests around the island nation against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis. “We’ve seen how the campaign against Cuba was growing on social media in the past few weeks,’' Díaz-Canel said Monday in a nationally televised appearance in which his entire …

Cuban protests demand freedom, food, covid-19 vaccines
3 years, 5 months ago

Cuban protests demand freedom, food, covid-19 vaccines

Live Mint  

Thousands of Cubans took to the streets in a wave of demonstrations in Havana and at least 14 other cities throughout the Communist island, demanding an end to the 62-year dictatorship and protesting the lack of food and Covid-19 vaccines. Cuban Foreign Minister Bruno Rodríguez said Mr. Díaz-Canel visited the city of San Antonio de los Baños, about 20 miles …

Demonstrators in Havana protest shortages, rising prices
3 years, 5 months ago

Demonstrators in Havana protest shortages, rising prices

Associated Press  

HAVANA — Thousands of Cubans marched on Havana’s Malecon promenade and elsewhere on the island Sunday to protest food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis, in one of biggest anti-government demonstrations in memory. Many young people took part in the afternoon protest in the capital, which disrupted traffic until police moved in after several hours and broke up …

Cubans protest against food shortages and rising prices
3 years, 5 months ago

Cubans protest against food shortages and rising prices

Al Jazeera  

Thousands of Cubans marched on Havana’s Malecon promenade and elsewhere on the island to protest against food shortages and high prices amid the coronavirus crisis, in one of Cuba’s biggest ever anti-government demonstrations. Many young people took part in the protest on Sunday afternoon in the capital, which disrupted traffic until police moved in after several hours and broke up …

Why Cubans took to the streets in all-but-unheard-of protests
3 years, 5 months ago

Why Cubans took to the streets in all-but-unheard-of protests

Al Jazeera  

Protesters across Cuba shouted ‘freedom’ and ‘we are not afraid’ at rare protests on Sunday. The protesters shouted “Libertad” – freedom – and “Patria y Vida”, fatherland and life, a play on revolutionary slogan Patria o Muerte, which states the revolutionaries’ willingness to die for one’s homeland. Surrounded by heavy security, he had appeared on the streets of St Antonio …

Thousands join rare anti-government protests in Cuba
3 years, 5 months ago

Thousands join rare anti-government protests in Cuba

Al Jazeera  

Demonstrations come as Cuba is experiencing its toughest phase yet of the coronavirus crisis. Thousands of people have taken to the streets in rare anti-government protests in Cuba, where the coronavirus pandemic and an economic crisis are spurring frustrations, with some demonstrators chanting “down with the dictatorship” and “we want liberty.” At a protest on Sunday in San Antonio de …

Cuban protesters demand US lift trade embargo, sanctions
3 years, 8 months ago

Cuban protesters demand US lift trade embargo, sanctions

Al Jazeera  

Hundreds join caravan in capital Havana to pressure US President Joe Biden to lift economic curbs on Cuba. Then-US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said the US was designating Cuba “for repeatedly providing support for acts of international terrorism in granting safe harbour to terrorists” – a charge rejected by Havana. During his presidential campaign last year, Biden promised to …

Cuban artists say authorities agree to talks after rare protests
4 years ago

Cuban artists say authorities agree to talks after rare protests

Al Jazeera  

Over two dozen Cuban protesters have met Deputy Minister Fernando Rojas, after hundreds of people demonstrated in Havana this week in a rare showing of public dissent against curbs to freedom of expression and the detention of artists and activists. Artistic freedom and human rights groups had raised concerns about curbs to civil liberties in Cuba and the detention of …

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