The dozen members of the Group of 75 prisoners of conscience who refused forced exile as a condition of their parole knew that when the Castro regime relented and released them anyway earlier this year, they were putting themselves at risk of more repression by staying in Cuba. After eight years in the Castro gulag, they were fully aware of what might happen when they resumed their activism, but as patriots and as committed members of the cause, they were prepared for any consequences.
Those consequences have been revealed in recent days as four of the former prisoners have been arrested as part of a brutal crackdown timed with renewed efforts by anti-communist activists to take their protests to the streets and plans to commemorate International Human Rights Day on Saturday, Dec. 10.
The four are:
And most recently, Felix Navarro Rodriguez.
Their background, experience and demonstrated commitment to the cause of Cuban freedom make these four, in the eyes of the Castro dictatorship, very dangerous men, which explains recent efforts to silence them
For they are are the bravest of the brave, the freest of the free.
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