Alejandro GUILLEUMA IBÁÑEZ

PEN International has learned that Alejandro Guilleuma Ibáñez is now reportedly serving a four-year prison term without confinement, imposed in May 2023 by the People's Municipal Court of Centro Habana after he was convicted of contempt, public disorder and resistance in connection with September 2022 protests in El Vedado neighbourhood at a five-day electricity outage in the aftermath of Hurricane Ian. (See Case List 2023/2024). Under the terms of his sentence, he can live at home but must sign in at a court at least once a month. 

Guilleuma Ibáñez was arrested in Havana on 1 October 2022. Initially held in pre-trial detention in the notorious 100 and Aldabó Detention Centre run by the Technical Department of Investigations, he was later transferred on an unknown date to Valle Grande Prison where he was held until his conditional release in May 2023. Friends and family members reported that his health had deteriorated in prison.