Yasmani GONZÁLEZ VALDÉS

Yasmani González Valdés (also known as ‘Libre Libre’) was sentenced to four years in prison in February 2024, after conviction of ‘propaganda against the constitutional order’. He has been held in the Combinado del Este Prison since 29 May 2023 and is reported to have lost a lot of weight.  He was arrested at his home on 20 April 2023 for alleged involvement in painting anti-Cuban Communist Party graffiti (see Case List 2023/2024).  

Rapper and activist Yasmani González Valdés was born in Artemisa on 2 September 1992. Previously, in 2022, González Valdés was fined CUP 3,000 (about USD 125) under Decree Law 370 for posting denunciations against the Cuban government on social media.