If there is anything we've learned, no form of repression is off limits for the Castro dictatorship. So it's no surprise that the regime's agents have committed another atorcity, this time on Sunday outside the shrine to Our Lady of Charity at El Cobre when they attacked 16 members of the Ladies In White.
Via Hablalo Sin Miedo -- and with a translation from Babalu -- former Cuban prisoner of conscience Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia reports:
Message from José D. Ferrer regarding the injuries and consequences of the violence perpetrated against the Ladies in White and other opposition members at El Cobre - 17th of July, 9:56 AM
Upon exiting the El Cobre sanctuary, 16 Ladies in White and Ladies of Support were assaulted by the Political Police and their paramilitary groups. Lady in White Belkis Cantillo Ramirez suffered an injury to her arm. Others were also brutally beaten. Tania Montoya and Rodaisa Corrioso were detained. The opposition members who tried to escape the savage attack were also beaten. Prudencio Villalon was knocked unconscious. The three were detained by the political police. Thirteen of our women found themselves receiving medical attention at the Ambrosio Grillo Hospital. They beat them with umbrellas, stones, and other objects. It is not known what was used to injure Belkis Cantillo, who was bleeding profusely.
For more information call Aimee at +5352767799.
This is José Daniel Ferrer García speaking, a former prisoner of conscience.
End of message.
To its credit, a spokesman for the Catholic Church in Santiago de Cuba confirmed the report, and denounced the attack.
UPDATED, July 19, 2011 -- Coalition of Cuban American Women has more details on the assaults.
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