Five Years On, Hundreds of Cuban Protesters Still Behind Bars

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Click to expand Image Riot police walk the streets after a demonstration against the government of President Miguel Diaz-Canel in Arroyo Naranjo Municipality, Havana, Cuba, on July 12, 2021.

© 2021 Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images Five years ago, on July 11, 2021, Cuba experienced its largest nationwide demonstrations since the 1959 Revolution, as thousands took to the…

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Primary source: Human Rights Watch News · July 10, 2026

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