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Antes de su detención, en diciembre de 2024, NANDO OBDC coordinó desde Cuba la exposición colectiva Arte Prohibido: Desde Cuba, celebrada en Miami, con obras de creadores censurados en la Isla y en apoyo a los presos políticos.
-Para conocer más y apoyar a Fernando y otros como él, contáctenos y le pasaremos su solicitud a nuestra coordinadora regional Alicia Quinoñes para que pueda tomar medidas para evitar riesgos.
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Rapper Fernando Almenares Rivera (known as Nando OBCD) was detained on 31 December 2024 by two plain clothes police officials, reportedly without summons or judicial hearing, on ’suspicion’ that he had committed ‘acts of terrorism against the state’. He was initially taken to the seventh Police Unit of La Lisa.
This latest detention of Nando OBDC is part of the sustained harassment he has suffered due to his involvement in the independent art and activist movements. His involvement in projects such as ‘Arte Prohibido’ and collaborations with other critical artists, such as the Al2 El Aldeano, El Sexto, Maykel Osorbo, and others, have been met with escalating repression from authorities.
Before his arrest in December 2024, NANDO OBDC coordinated from Cuba the group exhibition Arte Prohibido: Desde Cuba, held in Miami, featuring works by artists censored on the Island and in support of political prisoners.
Update: At the end of February 2025, Nando OBCD was held in poor detention conditions at the Combinado del Este maximum security prison, accused of sabotage, and for allegedly participating in a fire in a park. However, his family members report that he had recently criticised the pollution and escalating usage of a synthetic cannabinoid know as ‘el químico’ in his neighbourhood of San Agustín in Havana.
Nando OBDC (born 1 April 1990) has been collaborating since 2020 with various cultural projects, including the Exprésate campaign; Fire Against Fire, the Forbidden Art exhibition, and the album Free by Right. Nando OBDC shared in interviews that he has been detained on numerous occasions, and received threats, and even beatings from authorities in response to his artistic and activism activities.
- To learn more about him and how to take action, please contact Alicia Quiñones, PEN International Head of the Americas Region, [email protected].
Para obtener más información y apoyar a Fernando y otros como él, comuníquese con nosotros y con Alicia Quiñones, Directora de PEN International para la Región de las Américas, [email protected].
