Camila ACOSTA RODRÍGUEZ

On  21 April 2024, journalist and author Camila Acosta Rodríguez was briefly detained by police officials in Matanzas, Cuba, while on her way to visit relatives of political prisoners to interviewing them. Acosta was held at a police station in Cárdenas for an hour and then returned to her home in Havana. 

The journalist was intercepted before reaching the house of the relatives of political prisoners. Acosta stated that the police gave her no explanation whatsoever as to the reasons for her arrest, while at the same time a police operation was taking place at her house. 

Acosta has previously been detained several times by the authorities for her investigations.  Most recently, in May 2022, she was released after 10 months under house arrest in connection with her reporting on the July 2021 protests. 

Camila Acosta Rodríguez, born in 1993, is a Cuban journalist who works in Havana as a correspondent for the Spanish newspaper ABC. She is the author of the book Del templo al temple, silencios y escándalos de la masonería cubana (2022).