Amnesty International released a report Tuesday documenting institutional gender-based violence against women human rights activists and journalists in Cuba, calling for an end to the practices.

In its report, the rights organization covered incidents occurring between the years 2014 and 2025, finding that Cuban women were routinely subjected to practices such as invasive strip searches, gendered stigmatization, the weaponization of motherhood, and threats against family members, as a mechanism of control. Women from marginalized communities such as minority races, single mothers and from different sexual orientations were reportedly at heightened risk of being targeted by physical, psychological, and online harassment.

Amnesty International’s Regional Director for the Americas Ana P

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