Madrid/The Cuban journalist Abraham Jimenez Enoaexiled in Spain, has been awarded the 2025 Magnitsky Prize in the category Featured Journalist. The Global Magnitsky Justice Campaign recognized him for “his constant work denouncing human rights violations in Cuba, despite threats and censorship.”
The announcement was made on November 3, 2025, via a statement spread on the social network X, where the organization described it as “an example of journalistic integrity and commitment to the truth.”
Established in 2015 by British businessman and activist Bill Browder, the Magnitsky Human Rights Awards pay tribute to Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in state custody after denouncing a corruption scheme in his country’s government. His death inspired the creation of the Magnitsky Law, which allows officials and individuals involved in human rights violations to be sanctioned anywhere in the world by freezing assets and restricting visas. In addition to punishing impunity, the awards recognize journalists, politicians and activists committed to defending human dignity.
This award pays tribute to Russian lawyer Sergei Magnitsky, who died in state custody after denouncing a corruption plot.
Born in Havana in 1988, Jiménez Enoa began his career within the Cuban system itself, until he consolidated a critical voice that he would end up developing in exile. In 2016, together with Carlos Manuel Álvarez, he co-founded the independent magazine The Sneezea reference for narrative journalism on the Island. His signature has appeared in international media such as Washington Post, The New York Times, BBC, Al Jazeera, Vice News, The Country and Catopard.
In October 2022, after years of surveillance, threats and house arrests, he decided to go into exile in Spain, where he has continued his journalistic work. in his book The hidden islandtexts are compiled about the “real Cuba” that the regime so often tries to make invisible.
“I am very happy and surprised,” declared Jiménez Enoa upon hearing the news, expressing his hope that this recognition will serve “to continue writing about Cuba and denouncing the abuses of the dictatorship.”
