Cuba dissident group continues weekly protest despite freedom for relatives
- Submitted by: manso
- Politics and Government
- 03 / 28 / 2011
The Associated Press - Laura Pollan, leader of the Cuban dissident group Ladies in White, uses a cell phone as she participates in the group’s weekly march in in Havana, Cuba, Sunday, March. 27, 2011. The Ladies in White is a group of relatives of Cuban dissidents who were imprisoned. (AP Photo/Javier Galeano)
By Associated Press, Sunday, March 27, 1:49 PM. HAVANA — A Cuban dissident group formed to demand freedom for imprisoned relatives is continuing its weekly protests despite the liberation of the last of their family members.
The group began weekly Sunday marches near Havana’s cathedral after the government arrested 75 dissidents in 2003 and accused them of working with the U.S. government to undermine Cuba’s socialist system. Most of the protesters were wives or relatives of the 75.
The last of the dissidents were released this week under a deal with the Roman Catholic Church. Sunday’s march was the first since then.
Source: www.washingtonpost.com/world/
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