Thanks to your support and taking action, the appeal for an end to repression in Cuba and the release of all Cuban political prisoners has amassed over 500 petitioners.

The situation in Cuba remains dire and is worsening on the human rights front, with predetermined political show "trials" continuing to mete out up to 30-year prison sentences for nonviolently protesting this past summer.

San Isidro leader Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, jailed since July 11, 2021 has been held unjustly for seven months. We are deeply concerned for his life.

On February 16, 2022 the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) issued a press release expressing "concern over ongoing detention and prosecution of people who took part in protests in Cuba" that includes this introductory statement:

"Seven months after the mass protests in Cuba, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) expressed its concern over the ongoing deprivation of freedom and prosecution of individuals who took part in these demonstrations, including adolescents.

As of February 7, more than 700 people remain imprisoned in Cuba because they took part in the July 2021 protests, according to information from civil society. The conditions in which these people are being held include high levels of overcrowding, lack of access to drinking water and adequate food, substandard medical care, and the use of isolation measures."

This is part of the reason why this petition is being circulated. It is also the reason why we will be picketing the Cuban Embassy in Washington DC on February 23, 2022 at 6:00pm in a silent vigil.