Cuban journalist Yoani Sánchez, director of 14ymedio, arrested amid wider crackdown on independent reporting
Headline from Committee to Protect Journalists
Miami, November 5, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the arrest of Cuban independent journalist Yoani Sánchez, the founder and director of independent news outlet 14ymedio, who was detained by State Security agents in Havana on Thursday morning shortly after she left her ho…
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Yoani Sánchez, one of Cuba’s best-known independent reporters, was detained by state security amid a broader crackdown on critics of the island’s communist government.
Cuban State Security detained award-winning journalist Yoani Sánchez in Havana, according to her newsroom and family, amid a broader wave of detentions involving independent journalists.
Committee to Protect Journalists's feed description
Miami, November 5, 2026—The Committee to Protect Journalists strongly condemns the arrest of Cuban independent journalist Yoani Sánchez, the founder and director of independent news outlet 14ymedio, who was detained by State Security agents in Havana on Thursday morning shortly after she left her ho…
