Three Cuban political prisoners — all members of the Group of 75 — started hunger strikes last week after officials at the Canaleta prison blocked one of them from receiving magazines, newspapers and other materials that had been delivered for him.
The publications, including copies of two Spanish newspapers, magazine published by the Cuban Catholic Church [...]

The Cuban police were out in force Thursday, May 1, looking for any signs of trouble designed to disrupt May Day festivities in Havana. They were so nervous that they even took out their frustration on a group of government sympathizers from the Union of Young Communists marching near Revolution Square, according to independent journalist [...]

Former Cuban political prisoner Jorge Luis García Pérez “Antúnez” refuses to remain silent about the tortures inflicted on the Cuban people, especially those locked away in the Cuban gulag.
This week, he took his care straight to the top of the dictatorship, with a powerful and eloquent letter to Raúl Castro:
My name is Jorge Luis García [...]

Saturday, May 3, is World Press Freedom Day.
As a journalist, I remember my colleagues around the world who suffer because they dare to exercise a liberty possessed by all men and women, the freedom of expression. As long as one journalist is in jail or otherwise oppressed or repressed because of their work, all of [...]

The raúl castro dictatorship Monday made an invaluable contribution to the cause of Cuban liberty, by making it clear to the world exactly what it is about and what it represents.
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Reports this weekend suggest the Cuban dictatorship is about to lift the "white card" rule requiring Cubans to obtain government permission before they can travel overseas.
If true, Jorge Pelegrín Ruiz, who in 1993 was caught trying to leave Cuba without permission and sent to prison, will have to wait another 21 years before he can [...]

Almost a year after its sudden end, "The Sopranos" next week will make its premiere on Cuban television.
Maybe thinking "The Sopranos" is some sort of reality show, the programmers at Cubavision decided that Cuban TV watchers have an appetitie for a show about a murderous gang leader with an assortment of family issues.
Also debuting on [...]

Lázaro Alejandro García Farah
Political prisoner Lázaro Alejandro García Farah has not been allowed to use a telephone for more than a month, according to his mother.
Gladys Farah told independent journalist Belinda Salas Tapanes blamed State Security for putting her son into a state of incomuncado and for not providing him with adequate medical care. Farah [...]