Press Release Feb 1, 2023 HRF Succeeds in Joint UN Petition: Cuba Condemned for Detention of Artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara & Hamlet Lavastida The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention (UNWGAD) issued an opinion concluding that the June 2021 and July 2021 arrests of Cuban artists Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara and Hamlet Lavastida, respectively, were arbitrary and violated international law.
