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Under A Watchful Eye: Cyber Surveillance in Cuba

Public access to the internet has increased, but the state remains vigilant.
Cuba's Less Than Beautiful Game

How the state stops footballers from pursuing their dreams.
Cuba: 3G Proves Gamechanger for Independent Media

Journalists are embracing the introduction of the mobile internet to the island.
Why Did the Cuban Regime Jail an Environmentalist?

How dissent singles citizens out for harassment and discrimination.
The Cuban Sculptor Who Lives in a Museum

How leaving the island allowed an artist to unleash his creativity.

With Open Voices / Con Voz Abierta book cover. (Photo: IWPR)

Cuban Journalism Showcased in New Book

IWPR staff

10 Oct 13

Insights into daily lives of people living in an isolated society, from reporters who live there.

Cuban Town's Water Supply Dries Up

Osniel Carmona Breijo

18 Sep 13

Rural community forced to pay for water deliveries.

Heavy Burden on Cuban Rockers

18 Sep 13

Rock bands say they struggle to survive without official recognition.

A staff cleaner (not a convict) at a Cuban hospital. (Photo: Gerardo Younel Ávila Perdomo/Hablemos Press Center)

Convicts as Cleaners for Cuban Hospitals

Augusto César San Martin Albistur

5 Sep 13

Day-release scheme gives prisoners an income and provides extra hands for short-staffed healthcare system.

Zonas Poéticas event in Alamar, Havana. (Photo: Frank Abel)

Balancing Act for Cuban Hip Hop

23 Aug 13

Artists have to tread carefully between self-expression and offending officials.

The UN committee reviewing the position of women in Cuba heard submissions both from the government and from a legal aid NGO. (Photo: Cubalex)

UN Concern About Prostitution In Cuba

Yaremis Flores Marín

21 Aug 13

Committee notes detention used to “re-educate” sex workers.

Public internet access centre in Cuba. (Photo: Nico Cervantes)

Tight Controls Over Cuban Web Access

16 Aug 13

Government slowly making internet more widely available, but it’s expensive and many sites are blocked.

Cuban Lawyers Highlight Domestic Violence

Alexander Robles

8 Aug 13

In first report to UN committee, legal-sector NGO says police choose not to act when cases are reported.

Baseball stadium in Havana. (Photo: Alexander Robles)

Cuban Baseball Breaks Out

Osniel Carmona Breijo, Frank Abel García

6 Aug 13

After a 50-year ban, players win permission to play professionally abroad.

Cuban Dissidents Shut Out of Job Market

Osniel Carmona Breijo

6 Aug 13

Regime opponents struggle to find means of earning a living.

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