This blog strives to treat all Cuban political prisoners the same, presuming that their imprisonments are equally unjust and equally reflective of the repressive nature of the Castro dictatorship.
But I am not naive. Despite my best efforts, not all Cuban political prisoners receive the same level of attention, whether from overseas, from other anti-government activists on the island or this blog.
Exiled blogger Luis Felipe Rojas explains how this is reflected in the case of political prisoner Sonia Garro and her husband:
The case of the arbitrary arrest of Sonia Garro and her husband Ramon Alejandro is confusing for several reasons. That she belongs to the well-known group the Ladies in White and he to an independent Afro-Cuban organization, highlights lack of tactics or support (or both) by our internal dissent.
Recognized international institutions have raised the alarm at such injustice, but what has happened inside Cuba? The recent case of a protest against the police for the arrest of well-known figures like Yoani Sánchez, Antonio Rodiles and Angel Santiesteban (respectively: a receiver of many awards, a new rising star and prize-winning writer) among others, demonstrated what a nonviolent force can achieve pushing back against a repressive government.
In the case of Garro and her husband there has been a lack of actions to pressure the government from the dissident circles where they were recently active before being imprisoned, that is specific actions, specific public planned demands with the idea of exposing their situation to international public opinion.
Just because they are two almost unknowns they should not be neglected, left to their fate; a demand organized in stages, starting with the issuing of letters to the authorities, appearing before every police station, and a call by a considerable part of the internal opposition could pressure the authorities with a different urgency.
Read the whole thing, here.
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