Cuba: Four years after an unjust conviction, Afro-Cuban artists remain imprisoned for expressing themselves

By Amnesty International

On the fourth anniversary of the sentencing of Maykel Castillo Pérez “Osorbo” and Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara, Amnesty International said: “The conviction of rapper Maykel Castillo Pérez ‘Osorbo’ and visual artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcántara starkly exposed how the Cuban authorities use the criminal justice system to punish dissident artists and silence their right to […] The post Cuba: Four years after an unjust conviction, Afro-Cuban artists remain imprisoned for expressing themselves appeared first on Amnesty International. ]]>

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