El Nuevo Herald declares “Free El Sexto” while mentioning Connect Cuba campaign
The following is a translation of El Nuevo Herald’s recent editorial regarding the case of Danilo Maldonado Machado, aka “El Sexto.”While Cuban President Raul Castro is preparing to participate in the Summit of the Americas, held in Panama this week,...
#FreeElSexto goes viral to free imprisoned artist & open internet activist
As reported in Martí News, “solidarity with graphic artist Danilo Maldonado, jailed since late December 2014 while attempting to carry out a performance in a central Havana park, keeps pushing ahead on social networks.On both Twitter and Facebook, Cubans demand...Increase in arbitrary detentions of human rights activist being reported
According to CubaNet, “more than fifty organizations including Cuban dissidents living inside and outside the island complained that repression remains and arbitrary arrests of human rights activists have increased in the last month, since the government of...