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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…
Alejandro GUILLEUMA IBÁÑEZ
PEN International has learned that Alejandro Guilleuma Ibáñez is now reportedly serving a four-year prison term without confinement, imposed in May 2023 by the People's Municipal Court of Centro Habana after he was convicted of contempt…
Alina Bárbara LÓPEZ HERNÁNDEZ
The judicial harassment of essayist, editor and researcher Alina Bárbara López Hernández in connection with her writing and activism continued in 2024 (See Case List 2023/2024). In April 2024, López was detained for several hours…
Raymar AGUADO & HERNÁNDEZ Alexander HALL LUJARDO
Art critic and columnist Raymar Aguado Hernández and historian and author Alexander Hall Lujardo continued to be subject to ongoing harassment in 2024 (see Case List 2023/2024). Aguado Hernández was summoned for questioning on 28 June 2024…
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…
