Cuban authorities forcibly took the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara’s to a hospital, following his over week-long hunger and thirst strike.

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara was detained after his release from a previous arrest on 17 April, during which rapper AfrikReina was also arrested.

Police detained Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara from his home during the celebration of the second anniversary of San Isidro Movement.

Freemuse and Shouts cooperated on the interview with repeatedly arbitrary detained Cuban visual artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara.

Luis Manuel Otero Alcántra and Maykel Osorbo were arrested before Castro’s birthday. The authorities suspected they might organise a manifestation.

International human rights organisation Freemuse and CADAL, based in Denmark and Argentina respectively, express their concern about the resurgence of repression of referents of Cuban independent culture and express their solidarity with the artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, recently arbitrarily detained.

Cuban police have arrested performance artist Tania Bruguera and several other Cuban artists over Decree 349 protests.

A group of Cuban artists was arrested before a scheduled public meditation as part of their campaign against the controversial new Decree 349.