Cuba's regime holds more than 1,300 political prisoners, among them Félix Navarro and his daughter Saylí.
92% confidence
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The figure of 1,339 (end of August 2026) is compiled by the NGO Prisoners Defenders, which counts 'political and conscience prisoners'; it is not an official statistic from the Cuban state, which does not publish such data.
The claim is a lower bound ('more than 1,300'); the actual documented figure at the time (1,339) slightly exceeds it, so the bound holds.
Sources
PrimaryPrisoners Defenders (NGO report)Prisoners Defenders registra un nuevo récord de presos políticos: 1.339 prisioneros políticos en Cuba al cierre de agosto de 2026, tras 19 incorporaciones y 7 bajas.
SecondaryInfobaeLa ONG Prisoners Defenders (PD) denunció este jueves un "nuevo récord" de presos por motivos políticos en Cuba al registrar un total de 1.339 al cierre de agosto del presente año.
SecondaryCubaHeadlinesPrisoners Defenders recorded 1,339 political prisoners as of August 2026, the highest number documented by the organization. The trend has been consistent: 1,214 prisoners in February, 1,250 in March, 1,281 in May, leading to the current record in August.