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September 27, 2011

8 Cuban activists arrested for demanding release of their compatriots

Eight Cuban activists were arrested and detained for several hours Monday when they attempted to march to demand the release of Sara Martha Fonseca, her husband and another activist arrested Saturday.

Those arrested Monday are: Donaida Pérez Paseiro, Iris Tamara Pérez Aguilera y Yaimara Reyes Mesa, of the Rosa Parks Feminist Movement for Civil Rights; Mariblanca Ávila Expósito, of the Eastern Democratic Alliancel; Eriberto Pons Ruíz, of the Cuba Independence and Democracy movement; René Rouco Machín and Yosvani Martínez Lemus, of the Juan Wilfredo Soto García Movement; and Julio León Fonseca, president of the Cuba Pro-Human Rights Party.

Posted by on September 27, 2011 at 05:54 AM in Cuba |

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