⚖ Documented HR Violators
· perpetrators of human-rights abuses · public sources only
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Castro family
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Death-threats documented
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⚖ PERPETRATORS 60 / 214
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POLITICAL
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Fidel Alejandro Castro Ruz
"Fidel Castro"
Founder of the Cuban Communist regime; deceased 25 November 2016
📋 41
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T1
INTEL_SECURITY
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Lázaro Alberto Álvarez Casas
"Alvarez Casas"
Minister of the Interior (MININT)
📋 7
⛔ 1
🔗 0
T1
POLITICAL
Manuel Marrero Cruz
Prime Minister of Cuba; Politburo member
📋 3
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T1
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
Maricela Sosa Ravelo
tribunal officer (Tribunal)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T1
POLITICAL
Miguel Mario Díaz-Canel Bermúdez
"Díaz-Canel"
First Secretary of the Communist Party of Cuba; President of the Republic
📋 48
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T1
POLITICAL
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Raúl Modesto Castro Ruz
"Raúl Castro"
Retired General; former First Secretary of the PCC; member of the Politburo
📋 40
⛔ 1
🔗 0
T1
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
Rubén Remigio Ferro
tribunal officer (Tribunal)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T1
MILITARY
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Álvaro López Miera
Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR); General de Cuerpo de Ejército
📋 4
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T1
POLITICAL
Esteban Lazo Hernández
President of the National Assembly of People's Power; member of the Politburo
📋 2
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T1
POLITICAL
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Manuel ANIDO CUESTA
OFAC SDN (EO-14404); stepson of President Diaz-Canel (son of Lis Cuesta Peraza)
📋 3
⛔ 1
🔗 0
T1
POLITICAL
Ramiro Valdés Menéndez
Vice President of the Council of Ministers; Comandante de la Revolución
📋 2
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T1
INTEL_SECURITY
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Raul Alejandro CASTRO CALIS
OFAC SDN (EO-14404); son of Alejandro Castro Espin (grandson of Raul Castro)
📋 2
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T1
POLITICAL
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Roberto Tomás Morales Ojeda
PCC Politburo, Secretary of Organization
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Alvaro Victoriano LOPEZ MIERA
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Ania Guillermina LASTRES MORERA
📋 2
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Annalie Lilliam RUEDA CARDERO
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Eddy Manuel SIERRA ARIAS
Deputy Director, Policia Nacional Revolucionaria
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Eugenio Armando RABILERO AGUILERA
Chief of the Eastern Army (Ejercito Oriental), FAR — since March 2024
📋 2
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Fidel Ernesto CASTRO CALIS
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Gretza SANCHEZ PADRON
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Heriberto SANCHEZ ALLEYNE
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Jose Antonio REMON RODRIGUEZ
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Jose Miguel GOMEZ DEL VALLIN
📋 2
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Juan Esteban LAZO HERNANDEZ
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Leima MARTINEZ FREIRE
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Monica MILIAN GOMEZ
📋 1
⛔ 1
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Noemi Ramona RABAZA FERNANDEZ
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Oscar Alejandro CALLEJAS VALCARCE
Director, Policia Nacional Revolucionaria
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Oscar Enrique BIOSCA GALLEGO
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Raul VILLAR KESSELL
📋 2
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Roberto Jesus VICIANA MOUSSET
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Roberto LEGRA SOTOLONGO
Deputy Chief of the General Staff Revolutionary Armed Forces and Chief of the Directorate of Operations of the…
📋 2
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Rosabel GAMON VERDE
📋 2
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
⛔
Vicente DE LA O LEVY
📋 4
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Waldo PEREZ CORTES
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
INTEL_SECURITY
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Alejandro Castro Espín
Colonel; reportedly senior figure in regime intelligence and security coordination
📋 6
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Carlos Martínez Rodríguez
"Carlitos El Cojo"
Prison commander — Lt-Col (teniente coronel)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Guillermo Cordero Monduy
teniente coronel
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Humberto Garcés Tassé
jefe de Orden Interior
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Jimmy Ricardo Torres
Prison commander — jefe de orden interior
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
Joselín Sánchez
magistrado (Tribunal)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Juan Miguel Sanchez Duarte
director de la prisión
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Kenia Morales
teniente coronel (MININT/MINFAR)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Landín
Prison deputy commander — segundo jefe, penitentiary unit (Lt-Col)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Luis Alberto Lopez-Calleja
general
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Luis Alberto Rodríguez López-Calleja
President / Chairman, GAESA
📋 1
⛔ 2
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Noel Morales López
Prison commander — jefe de prisiones (Mayor)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Osmani Leyva
coronel (MININT/MINFAR)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
MINISTRY
Ulises Rosales del Toro
"Gen. Ulises Rosales del Toro"
Deputy Prime Minister of Cuba
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Vladimir Pineda Guerra
Coronel
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_COMMAND
Yanieskys Trecus
La directora
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
SANCTIONED_OFFICIAL
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Álvaro LOPEZ MIERA
"Alvaro López Miera"
Minister of the Revolutionary Armed Forces (MINFAR)
📋 3
⛔ 1
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
Betancourt Leyva
juez
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
Gladys María Padrón Canals
juez (Tribunal)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
Hugo Liens Martínez
Jueza Ponente
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
Irina Díaz Delis
Jueza Ponente
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
Iris González Martín
juez (Tribunal)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
Juan Sosa Orama
juez (Tribunal)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
María Elena Fornari Conde
juez (Tribunal)
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
T2
HR_VIOLATOR_JUDICIAL
Melody González Pedraza
jueza
📋 0
⛔ 0
🔗 0
⏱ HR EVENT TIMELINE 50 events · last 12 months · perpetrator + linked-victim
Young Cuban Faces Deportation After Four Months in ICE Detention
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
Díaz-Canel Claims UN "Victory" During Visit to Children's Hospital Despite Losing Support
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
Díaz-Canel Claims UN "Victory" During Visit to Children's Hospital Despite Losing Support
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
Bruno Rodríguez dice que Cuba resistirá a Trump “por el tiempo que haga falta”
Auto-ingested from CubaNet RSS feed.
Bruno Rodríguez: "la política de resistencia de Cuba ante la agresión de EE UU ha sido exitosa”
Auto-ingested from 14ymedio RSS feed.
Bruno Rodríguez dice que el régimen de Cuba aguantará 'más que Trump'
Auto-ingested from Diario de Cuba RSS feed.
Soberón Dismisses Fidel Castro Biography Read at UN as 'Cheap Fiction'
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
Cuban Economy to Remain Socialist, Says Bruno Rodríguez to The New York Times
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
Waltz tenía razón sobre el territorio de la ONU; Granma, no
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-30: Waltz tenía razón sobre el territorio de la ONU; Granma, no.
Waltz tenía razón sobre el territorio de la ONU; Granma, no
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-30: Waltz tenía razón sobre el territorio de la ONU; Granma, no.
Bruno Rodríguez al NYT: Cuba resistirá la presión de Estados Unidos “por el tiempo que haga falta”
Named in OnCuba News human-rights coverage on 2026-10-30: Bruno Rodríguez al NYT: Cuba resistirá la presión de Estados Unidos “por el tiempo que haga falta”.
Exigen a Díaz-Canel liberar a los presos de conciencia Loreto Hernández y Donaida Pérez
Auto-ingested from CubaNet RSS feed.
Venezuela mueve fichas en la cancillería
Auto-ingested from Martí Noticias RSS feed.
La ONU nombra a quienes siguen mandando pese a las acusaciones de crímenes de lesa humanidad: el poder real en Venezuela tras el 3 de enero
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: La ONU nombra a quienes siguen mandando pese a las acusaciones de crímenes de lesa humanidad: el poder real en Venezuela tras el 3 de enero.
Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU.
Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU.
Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU.
Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU.
Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU.
Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU.
Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU.
Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU.
Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU.
Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU
Named in El Toque human-rights coverage on 2026-10-29: Cronología: la violencia diplomática del régimen cubano, de Panamá a la ONU.
Cuban Leader Emphasizes UN Support While Ignoring Bruno Rodríguez's UN Disruption
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
Cuban Leader Emphasizes UN Support While Ignoring Bruno Rodríguez's UN Disruption
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
Cuban Leader Emphasizes UN Support While Ignoring Bruno Rodríguez's UN Disruption
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
"Cuban Intellectual Condemns Bruno Rodríguez's Embarrassing Display at the UN"
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
EE.UU. expulsa a diplomático cubano por su agresiva actuación en la ONU
Auto-ingested from CubaNet RSS feed.
"Freedom", la palabra "libertad" brota en la fachada de la Embajada de EE UU en La Habana
Auto-ingested from 14ymedio RSS feed.
Cuba afirma que quisiera que México reanudara los "envíos energéticos" a la Isla
Auto-ingested from 14ymedio RSS feed.
Tres versiones de una misma noche: cómo el poder reescribió el anuncio de la muerte de Camilo Cienfuegos
Auto-ingested from Diario de Cuba RSS feed.
El pasaporte cubano, un arma del régimen para castigar a activistas en el exterior
Auto-ingested from Diario de Cuba RSS feed.
Funcionario expulsado por EEUU tiene sólido pedigrí de inteligencia y "diplomacia" cubana
Auto-ingested from Martí Noticias RSS feed.
Funcionario expulsado por EEUU tiene sólido pedigrí de inteligencia y "diplomacia" cubana
Auto-ingested from Martí Noticias RSS feed.
Cuba's Electrical Crisis Worsens: Triple Boiler Failure at La Guiteras Marks Fifth Breakdown of the Month
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
Cuban Foreign Minister Denies Inequality Amidst Widespread Poverty in Cuba
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
U.S. May Acquire Cuba, Claims Trump Insider: "Mark My Words"
Auto-ingested from CubaHeadlines RSS feed.
OCDH condena nuevo acto de repudio de los diplomáticos cubanos en la ONU: «se trata de una práctica habitual del régimen fuera de Cuba»
Named in Observatorio Cubano DDHH human-rights coverage on 2026-10-28: OCDH condena nuevo acto de repudio de los diplomáticos cubanos en la ONU: «se trata de una práctica habitual del régimen fuera de…
OCDH condena nuevo acto de repudio de los diplomáticos cubanos en la ONU: «se trata de una práctica habitual del régimen fuera de Cuba»
Named in Observatorio Cubano DDHH human-rights coverage on 2026-10-28: OCDH condena nuevo acto de repudio de los diplomáticos cubanos en la ONU: «se trata de una práctica habitual del régimen fuera de…
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🔗 PRIMARY SOURCES & MONITORS
HRW Cuba ↗
Human Rights Watch country page
OHCHR UPR Cuba ↗
UN UPR cycle reports & treaty bodies
Cubalex ↗
Cuban legal-defence archive — torture & detention casework
Amnesty Cuba ↗
Amnesty International — Cuba urgent actions
IACHR Cuba ↗
Inter-American Commission decisions on Cuba
Prisoners Defenders ↗
Monthly political-prisoner list (primary ingestion source)
Cuban Observatory HR ↗
Observatorio Cubano de Derechos Humanos
CADAL ↗
CADAL — Latin American democratic analysis
⚠ DATA GAP
Currently tracking 214 documented violators since 2019. Historical totals (1959–present) estimated at 500+ per HRW / OHCHR — pre-2012 ingestion pending. See
scan_hr_historical.py (planned).
Roadmap: 1) walk Cubalex archive for 2012–2019 cases · 2) cross-reference IACHR decisions (1959–present) · 3) ingest HRW long-form reports · 4) link perpetrators to victim records via
political_prisoner_perpetrators. 