Journalists in Cuba targeted to prevent them from covering the 15-N protests

Journalists in Cuba have been the target of repression and harassment to prevent the exercise of their profession during 15-N, a series of demonstrations called for this Nov. 15 demanding the release of people imprisoned after the protests of July 11, as well as the end of the police repression.

Cuban authorities deployed police and military on a level rarely seen in Havana to deter protests, as reported by some journalists on social networks. Additionally, the government of President Miguel Díaz-Canel declared that the demonstration was illegal and considered it a "destabilizing provocation.”

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