The Damas De Blanco, or "Ladies In White," are pleading for the world to come to their support, in the wake of a vicious crackdown on group members in the past several days:
To: Human Rights Organizations Worldwide
To: International Community
To: Amnesty International
The Movement Ladies in White Laura Pollán makes an urgent appeal to all international organizations, democratic governments and all people around the world who love freedom, democracy and human rights. We must all cry out with all the force of reason demanding the unconditional respect for fundamental freedoms in Cuba and a stop to all the violations of human rights in the island.
From September 21 – 24, the Ladies in White Movement has been a victim of the violence of the Cuban government and of its repressive forces (National Police, State Security and paramilitary mobs). More than 64 Ladies in White were arrested, deported, beaten and even disappeared, to prevent our participation in the monthly “Literary Tea” and in other activities we tried to hold, all of a religious nature.
Below and also attached to this note is a list per day of the Ladies in White who were arrested
SEPTEMBER 22, 2012
La Habana.
1. Lourdes Esquivel Vieto
2. María de los Angeles Roja Pereira
3. Melkis Faure Hechavarria
4. Migdalia Sara González Desdin
5. Maite Alfonso Beitia
6. Zulema Lay Sangrone
7. Tatiana López
Santiago de Cuba.
8. Karina Quintana Hernández
9. Tahimi Vega Biscet
Holguín.
10. Glicedys Pina González
11. Romelia Pina González
12. Marlenis Almaguer Abreu
13. Martha Diaz Rondon
14. Gertrudis Ojeda Suarez
15. Miladis Pinales la Rosa
16. Danay Mendiola Duquesne
Guantánamo.
17. Rosaida RodríguezMatao
18. YusmariChacónLamot
Granma.
19. Yadira RodríguezRodríguez
Santa Clara.
20. Lisandra Farray Rodríguez
21. Aimee Moya Montes de Oca
22. Sandra RodríguezGatorno
23. Marbelis González Reyes
Matanzas.
24. Leticia Ramos Herrería
Pinar del Rio.
25. NoralisMartínez
26. Janis Piloto
27. Olga Torres
28. Ana Luisa Santana
SEPTEMBER 23, 2012
La Habana.
1. Belkis Felicia Jorrin Morfa
2. Aimeé Cabrales Aguliar
3. Yanelis Cabrera
4. Sara Martha Fonseca Quevedo
5. Mercedes Fresneda Castillo
6. Magaly Norvis Otero Suarez
7. Leydis Coca Quesada
8. Sahira Castro Casal
9. Nayllibi de la Caridad Corrales Jiménez
10. Lidia Esther Romeu Rojas
11. Aniuska Fuentes Arceo
Santiago de Cuba.
12. AimeéGarcés Leiva
13. Belkis Cantillo Ramírez
14. YelenaGarcésNápoles
15. Martha Beatriz Ferrer Cantillo
16. EduvigeIssacRodríguez
17. Alina Fonseca Guevara
18. Adriana Nuñez Pascual
19. Madelaine Santos Grillo
20. Yasnay Ferrer Santos
21. Denia Fernández
22. Martha Martínez
23. OmaglisGonzález Leyva
24. Miraida Martin Calderón
25. Arelis RodríguezChacón
26. Ana Celia Rodríguez
Holguín.
27. Denia Fernández Rey
28. Martha Martínez Labrada
29. Bertha Guerrero Segura
30. ElaineVillamonteCardosa
31. Nelda Molina Leiva
32. MildreNoemíSánchez Infante
33. Rosa Felixco
Matanzas.
34. Mercedes de la Guardia
SEPTEMBER 24, 2012
La Habana
1 Tania Maceda Guerra.
2 Belkis Núñez Fajardo
3 Aniuska Fuentes Arceo.
4 Odalis De la Caridad Sanabria Rodríguez.
5 Blanca Hernández Moya.
6 Yanelis Cabrera
7 Sara Marta Fonseca Quevedo.
8 Leydis Coca Quesada.
9 Inés Quesada Lemus.
10 Yaquelin Boni.
11 Mercedes Fresneda Castillo.
12 Mayra Morejón Hernández.
Document in Spanish sent via internet from Havana, Cuba by Berta Soler, leader of the Ladies in White Laura Pollan Movement. Translation to English by the Coalition of Cuban-American Women. Original letter in Spanish below.
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