Ibrahim DOMÍNGUEZ AGUILAR

Musician Ibrahim Domínguez Aguilar is serving a 10-year sentence in maximum security Boniato Prison in Santiago de Cuba where he has been held since August 2021, reportedly in a collective cell with repeat offenders. He was convicted in an unfair trial of contempt, public disorder and sexual assault in connection with his artivism and participation in peaceful demonstrations in Contramaestre during the #11J protests in 2021. Domínguez Aguilar's relatives reported that on 4 April 2024 he was beaten on the orders of the prison authorities, causing physical injury.  

The Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR), which granted precautionary measures to Domínguez Aguilar in 2022 while he was held under arbitrary pre-trial detention after his arrest on 12 July 2021.  

Ibrahim Domínguez Aguilar is a rapper from Santiago de Cuba, whose lyrics are critical of the Cuban government.