Jenny Victoria PANTOJA TORRES
The essayist, historian and academic Jenny Pantoja Torres faced several instances of harassment for her ideas, writings and peaceful activism in relation to human rights in 2024. On 18 June 2024, Pantoja Torres was arbitrarily detained while traveling…
Orlando MORA CABRERA
Filmmaker Orlando Mora Cabrera was detained by three State Security agents on 21 December 2024; he was released the same day. Before his arrest, Mora Cabrera had premiered the short film Matar a un hombre (To Kill a Man) (2024) in a number of alternative spaces…
Gorki Luis ÁGUILA CARRASCO
Musician Gorki Luis Águila Carrasco was detained by State Security at Havana's José Martí International Airport on 3 May 2024 while attempting to travel to Mexico. The authorities informed Águila Carrasco…
Camila ACOSTA RODRÍGUEZ
On 21 April 2024, journalist and author Camila Acosta Rodríguez was briefly detained by police officials in Matanzas, Cuba, while on her way to visit relatives of political prisoners. Acosta was held…
Dolores REYES
Author Dolores Reyes faced stigmatisation by officials during the year. On 7 November 2024, Vice-President Victoria Villarruel labelled Reyes’ novel Cometierra (Sigilo, 2019), about a young woman who experiences visions when she eats soil, as immoral and degrading, showing excerpts on her…
Joaquín MORALES SOLÁ
Writer and journalist Joaquín Morales Solá was a victim of stigmatisation in 2024. On 6 April 2024, while at a conference, President Milei criticised Morales Solá after the writer published opinion pieces criticising the president…
María Soledad IPARRAGUIRRE
On 17 March 2024, shortly before the Day of Commemoration for Truth and Justice on 24 March, the non-fiction publishing house Marea, which specialises in journalism and human rights, faced a troll attack…
María Sol FANTIN
Writer and teacher María Sol Fantin faced attempts in 2024 to censor her book Si no fueras tan niña. Memorias de la violencia (*If you weren't such a child: Memories of violence*, Paidós, 2022), an autobiographical work that recounts the sexual abuse she suffered as a teenager at the hands of a teacher. On 17 November 2024, Vice-President…
Jorge FERNÁNDEZ DÍAZ
On 13 April 2024, President Javier Milei publicly insulted the novelist and journalist Jorge Fernández Díaz and discredited his work as a columnist. The author and journalist had published several opinion pieces criticising…
Gabriela CABEZÓN CÁMARA
In 2024, authorities attempted to censor the book Las aventuras de la China Iron (The Adventures of China Iron), written by writer and journalist Gabriela Cabezón Cámara, on the grounds that it contained sexually explicit content…
