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Since the July 2021 protests, nearly 1,000 people have been detained on the island for political reasons (Photo: Spencer Everett)

As EU visits Havana, five truths about human rights in Cuba

I am writing these words in exile. I left Cuba almost exactly a year ago, after months of being threatened by state security to stop my work defending human rights inside Cuba.

My story is the story of dozens of activists, journalists, political dissidents and non-conformist artists who in the last few years have been forced to board a plane. And in many cases, to also follow the migrant routes that cross half of the American continent to reach a safe place to start over.

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Camila Rodriguez is the executive director of Justicia 11J, a Cuban NGO which documents and disseminates information about protests, arrests, and conditions in detention centres. They work from exile since adaptations to the penal code in 2022 outlawed their work.

Since the July 2021 protests, nearly 1,000 people have been detained on the island for political reasons (Photo: Spencer Everett)

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Author Bio

Camila Rodriguez is the executive director of Justicia 11J, a Cuban NGO which documents and disseminates information about protests, arrests, and conditions in detention centres. They work from exile since adaptations to the penal code in 2022 outlawed their work.

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