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Maykel CASTILLO PÉREZ

Cuban musician and rapper Maykel Castillo Pérez, widely known by the name ‘Maykel Osorbo’, continued serving a nine-year prison term in the high security 5 y Medio prison in Pinar del Río after his conviction on 24 June 2022 of charges including ‘contempt, attack, public disorder and defamation of institutions and organisations’…

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Randy ARTEAGA RIVERA

Musician and rapper Randy Arteaga Rivera continued serving a five-year prison sentence in prison camp ‘La Guanajera’ at the end of the year. He was arrested on 11 July 2021 in Santa Clara province while participating in peaceful protests against restrictions…

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Brandi MORIN

On 10 January 2024, police officers arrested Cree/Iroquois/French freelance journalist Brandi Morin while she was reporting on an Indigenous encampment, in Edmonton, Alberta. When police raided the encampment, Morin said she identified herself…

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Dom PHILLIPS 

At the end of the year, trials continued of several men for the 2022 murder of British journalist and author Dom Phillips and Indigenous issues expert Bruno Pereira during a fact-finding trip…

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Alejandro ALFIE

Journalist and writer Alejandro Alfie was judicially harassed in 2024. On 7 November 2024, he announced on social media that Esteban Glavinich (owner of the X account @TraductorTeAma and supporter of President Javier Milei) had filed a lawsuit…

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