Cuba under Castro is an equal oppression society. If you dare stand up the dictatorship and call for CAMBIO, regardless of whether you are a man or woman, chances are good you will end up in jail. The regime does not allow its agents to show any chauvinism.
Most Cuban political prisoners are men, but that does not mean women, like Rosa Escalona Gómez, who actively oppose the regime are immune from persecution if the dictatorship determines they might be a threat.
Escalona, a member of the Federation of Latin American Rural Women (FLAMUR) - one of the more active opposition groups in Cuba - was arrested Jan. 21 when she went to a government official in Holguin to apply for a building permit. The official verbally abused Escalona, but Escalona is the one who ended up in jail, facing a charge of "attacking". At some point, officials delivered a beating to Escalona, injuring her leg.
Two days later, Escalona was transferred to a women's prison in Holguin.
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