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Since July 11, thousands of Cubans have taken to the streets across the country in the largest demonstrations in nearly two decades, protesting longstanding restrictions on rights, scarcity of food and medicines, and the government’s poor response to the Covid-19 pandemic.
President Miguel Díaz-Canel earlier this week urged government supporters and security forces to respond to the protests violently.
Several organizations reported countrywide internet outages that day, followed by erratic connectivity. Human Rights Watch has tried to contact journalists and rights activists in Cuba, but many have been unreachable.
Over 200 people have reportedly been detained. The whereabouts of many remain unknown. Some protesters and journalists have reported police beatings of protesters.
But while the government insists on its decades-old repression, Cuba is changing.
A new report documents how these laws are costing lives through increased maternal mortality and morbidity, cutting women and girls off from essential services, and undermining broader efforts to promote sexual and reproductive health.
The US has indicted four Iranian nationals allegedly plotting to kidnap an Iranian dissident journalist living in New York City. The case heightens concerns about Iranian efforts to target Iranian activists abroad.
Child marriage is one example of a deeply harmful, prevalent practice that needs to be addressed more urgently – rates have been consistently high over multiple decades in several countries in Africa.
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