More Space for Criticism but Restrictions Slow Press Freedom Progress
Committee to Protect Journalists
28 September 2016
Although internet access remains severely limited, during the year the government continued a slow process of broadening access to online information sources by establishing a series of Wi-Fi hotspots.
Freedom House
23 April 2016
Performance artist arrested and detained for online promotion of public performance in Plaza of the Revolution
Freedom House
31 October 2015
Ranked 193rd in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2015
Ranked 190th in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
2 May 2014
"Internet penetration rate is 5 percent, one of the lowest in the world"
Freedom House
1 May 2014
Brutal physical assaults of dissidents increase
Inter American Press Association
7 April 2014
"Long Live Freedom (but not for the Internet)!"
Reporters Without Borders
12 March 2014
"Dissidents allowed to travel abroad for first time in decades"
Committee to Protect Journalists
11 February 2014
Ranked 170th in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
31 January 2014
Government announces expanded internet access, undermines plan with restrictive caveats
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2014
Ranked 191st in annual global media freedom report
Freedom House
1 May 2013
"There are an estimated 70 independent, journalistic bloggers working on the island"
Freedom House
16 January 2013
Blogger Yoani Sánchez named one of "150 women who rocked the world" in 2012 by Newsweek magazine
Inter American Press Association
23 April 2012
Pro-regime bloggers wage non-stop on-line battle against bloggers critical of government
Reporters Without Borders
12 March 2012
29 independent journalists imprisoned in 2003 Black Spring crackdown released
Committee to Protect Journalists
22 February 2012
Lowest-ranking nation in Americas in annual press freedom index
Reporters Without Borders
25 January 2012
"The government maintains a media monopoly on the island, ensuring there is virtually no freedom of expression"
Human Rights Watch
22 January 2012