Saylí Navarro Álvarez: Cuban Political Prisoner and Human Rights Defender
By Michael Lima | DEMOCRATIC SPACES |November 3, 2026
Democratic Spaces honors the life and courageous activism of Saylí Navarro Álvarez, a Cuban prisoner of conscience and pro-democracy leader who is suffering from health problems without adequate medical care at La Bellotex women’s prison in Matanzas. Saylí is among the 152 women political prisoners held in Cuba, out of a total of 1,351 political prisoners nationwide.
