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 600 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 in July 2021.

The Cuban diaspora in over 30 locations around the world carried out demonstrations to observe the one year anniversary of the 11J protests.

On July 9, 2022 the Cuban Freedom Movement organized a march from the Washington Monument to the Lincoln Memorial while engaging in a teach-in for tourists visiting the historic sites that started at 4pm, and at 7pm held a vigil at the Cuban Embassy.

On Monday, July 11th at 7:00PM a vigil was also held at the Cuban Embassy that was co-organized by the Center for a Free Cuba, Cuba Decide, the Patmos Institute, The Heritage Foundation, and the Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation.

Vigil began and ended with a prayer by Reverend Mario Felix Lleonart of the Patmos Institute.

Protesters each read the name of a political prisoner and placed a candle on a poster with their name and image.

During the gathering the 37 victims of the “13 de marzo” tugboat massacre (7/13/1994) were remembered together with martyrs Oswaldo Payá, Harold Cepero (7/22/2012) and Diubis Laurencio Tejeda and Christian Barrera Díaz on (7/12/2021).