Journalists Vladimir Turró, Camila Acosta and Boris González Arenas, and activists Berta Soler, Ángel Moya and Lara Crofs are among those who woke up under surveillance on a day marked by new complaints of repression in Cuba.
MADRID, Spain.- On the morning of this December 10, several independent journalists and Cuban activists denounce surveillance operations and police sieges around their homes, on a day marked internationally by the defense of human rights.
The reporter and collaborator of CubaNet, Vladimir Turró confirmed to the editorial staff that State Security agents are stationed near his home. «I have Security surveillance on the corner of my house. “I didn’t sleep in my house because I imagined it, but my wife just told me,” he explained, adding that a neighbor told him that he even had a group of paramilitaries there. In addition, they cut off his internet and in order to communicate he has anchored to another number.
Journalist Camila Acosta also reported the presence of plainclothes officers around her building. As he explained, when turning from the building there are several men on motorcycles, dressed in civilian clothes, as agents of the regime usually act.
Another case is that of journalist Boris González Arenas. His wife, Juliette Isabel Fernández Estrada, reported on Facebook that, “as expected”, Boris González Arenas has had State Security surveillance in front of the building where they live from the first hour.
“This government only has the energy to repress the people it is starving,” said Fernández Estrada.
The complaints are not limited to the independent press. Former political prisoner Andy García Lorenzo and his family remain under surveillance since Tuesday.
Added to these complaints are the leader of the Ladies in White, Berta Soler, and her husband, former political prisoner Ángel Moya, who also woke up under siege in Lawton. Neighbors in the area informed them of patrols and agents guarding both their home and the movement’s headquarters.
The activist Yamilka Lafita, known as Lara Crofsalso reported that authorities came to her house to warn her that she could not go out during the day, a measure she described as an attempt to silence her on a date dedicated to the defense of human rights.
«My door may be guarded, but my voice is not silenced. My tribute, my pain, my absolute support and my unwavering solidarity are with my people, with the political prisoners, with the disappeared, with the mothers who raise their voices and continue fighting for the right to freedom of their families, with every Cuban who today resists even if it costs them freedom or exile,” the publication reads.
The repression reported on December 10 had been going on for days before. Members of the Council for the Democratic Transition in Cuba (CTDC) reported that State Security agents visited Eroisis González, Fernando Palacio, Juan Manuel Moreno and Zealandia Pérez, who were warned that they could not leave their homes during that day. In the cases of Moreno and Pérez, the operations included permanent surveillance and the threat of facing legal consequences if they disobeyed orders. Moreno even received especially severe warnings, in which he was held responsible for any protest action that appeared in Havana, alluding to campaigns promoted from exile.
Similarly, several collaborators of the Cuban Observatory for Human Rights (OCDH)—Cecilia Castellano Guillén, Ramón Jiménez Arencibia, Juan Carlos Hernández Zaldivar, Irel Gómez Moreira and Lázara Sánchez Fiallo—reported that, since previous days, they were subjected to pressure that included interrogations, restrictions on movement, prohibitions on receiving visits and explicit orders not to leave their homes on December 10.
🔴 Alerta OCDH | Intimidación contra el colaborador del OCDH Ramón Jiménez Arencibia en Santa Clara
En los últimos días, y a pocas jornadas del Día de los Derechos Humanos, la Seguridad del Estado citó a nuestro colaborador Ramón Jiménez Arencibia y le ordenó no salir de su casa… pic.twitter.com/LHHFmKg6D6
— Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos (@observacuba) December 8, 2025
The repressive escalation coincides with a global day of protests convened by José Daniel Ferrer and Cuban exile organizations, activists and civil society groups inside and outside the country for this December 10. The initiative, which seeks to demand the release of political prisoners and denounce state repression in a context of economic crisis and increase in complaints of prison abuse, has received the support of various exile platforms, under the slogan “World Cry for Cuba.”
Former political prisoners and activists have spread the call on social networks, which includes mobilizations in cities such as Miami, Washington, Toronto, Montreal, Madrid, Valencia, Tenerife, Paris, Stockholm and Santiago de Chile.
Within the Island, some activists had expressed their intention to join, although in previous years the Government has responded to similar calls with house arrests, police operations and arrests to prevent any peaceful demonstration.
The sites and surveillance reported on December 10 once again reflect the usual repressive pattern of the Cuban State on symbolic dates for the defense of human rights.
Every December 10, the Cuban regime reinforces police operations against activists, journalists and opponents to prevent mobilizations or public statements during International Human Rights Day.
