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July 13, 2014

At least 100 Damas De Blanco arrested on anniversary of Cuba tugboat massacre

DamasCuban Ladies In White marching in Havana, after Sunday Mass and before they were arrested, July 13, 2014. (Photo via Twitter by Ivan Hernandez Carrillo.)

About 100 members of the Cuban Damas De Blanco ("Ladies In White") were arrested Sunday as they attempted to march to the sea to pay tribute to the 37 men, women and children murdered by the Castro dictatorship in the "13 de marzo" tugboat massacre of July 13, 1994. Among those arrested was the group's leader, Berta Soler, and her husband, the former prisoner of conscience Angel Moya.

There were reports of similar arrests in Colon, in Matanzas province, where each Sunday for the past year the police have targeted the Damas and other activists as they go to and/or from Mass.

As usual, activists -- including Moya -- took to Twitter to report on what was happening.

 

Posted by on July 13, 2014 at 02:49 PM |

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