Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez: key obituary facts
Is Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez dead? Yes. Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez died on May 30, 2026, at age 83.
Cause of death: Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez's cause of death has not been publicly confirmed.
What was Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez known for?
He was a Cuban engineer and journalist.
More about Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez
Born: 18 January 1943.
Place of birth: Havana.
Gender: male.
Occupation: journalist, engineer, human rights defender, politician, scientist.
Nationality: Cuba.
Awards: CPJ International Press Freedom Awards.
Spouse: Laura Pollán.
Also known as: Hector Maseda Gutierrez.
Occupations: Nuclear engineer, journalist.
Héctor Maseda Gutiérrez, a Cuban nuclear engineer and journalist, died on May 30, 2026, at age 83.
Born in Havana on January 18, 1943, he worked as a nuclear engineer before being dismissed in the late 1980s for ideological errors. Cuban authorities arrested him during the 2003 Black Spring and sentenced him to 20 years in prison; he was released in February 2011.
Amnesty International named him a prisoner of conscience, and in 2008 he received an International Press Freedom Award from the Committee to Protect Journalists.