CUTLER BAY, Fla. – A Washington Blade reporter from Cuba who was released from U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement custody last week says he can now live without fear of persecution.

FERRIDAY, La. — U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement on Wednesday released from its custody a Washington Blade contributor from Cuba who won asylum in the U.S.

Idania del Río of Clandestina, a lesbian-run Cuban fashion brand, works at Dacha Beer Garden in Shaw on June 19, 2019. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers)

The lesbian co-founders of Cuba’s first independent fashion brand visited the U.S. this month amid mounting tensions between their country’s government and the Trump administration.

Yariel Valdés González, right, interviews a Mexican migrant at a lesbian-run shelter in Mexicali, Mexico, on Jan. 27, 2019. (Washington Blade photo by Michael K. Lavers)

A Tremenda Nota photojournalist and a Washington Blade contributor from Cuba who is seeking asylum in the U.S. contends the conditions in the Louisiana jail in which he is being held amount to human rights violations.

El diputado cubano Luis Ángel Adán Roble, a la derecha, habla en una conferencia del LGBTQ Victory Institute en Bogotá, Colombia, el 18 de mayo de 2019. (Foto: Cortesía del Victory Institute)

Bogotá, Colombia― Un parlamentario cubano sugirió el sábado pasado que activistas independientes «recibieron pagos» para organizar la marcha LGBTI+ celebrada el 11 de mayo en La Habana sin autorización del gobierno.