Human Rights Dispatch Jul 11, 2026 Cuba Escalates Crackdowns 5 Years After Historic Protests Five years ago, on July 11, 2021, thousands of Cubans took to the streets in historic nationwide protests, peacefully demanding freedom, dignity, and an end to dictatorship.
Press Release Jun 1, 2022 HRF condemns sham trials against Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel ‘Osorbo’ Castillo NEW YORK (May 31, 2022) — The Human Rights Foundation (HRF) strongly condemns the sham trials that are set to begin this week on charges of “contempt,” “public disorder,” and “defamation of institutions and organizations and of heroes and martyrs,” against artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Maykel ‘Osorbo’ Castillo.
