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May 01, 2016

4 UNPACU activists transferred to Castro gulag after arrests in Cuba park

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This week's Uncommon Sense Cuban Political Prisoners of the Week are five activists with the Patriotic Union of Cuba, who have been in jail since their arrests last summer after peaceful protests at Central Park in Havana.

This past week, they were joined in the Castro gulag by four UNPACU activists arrested at the same park during protests on April 14 and 15.

CubaNet reports that the activists -- Alex Marin Gonzalez, Xiomara de las Mercedes Cruz Miranda, Yunet Cairo Reigada and Yaquelín Heredia Morales -- have been charged with "disrespect" and transferred from the Vivac prison in Havana to other jails.

CubaNet has the details.

Posted by on May 01, 2016 at 03:06 PM |

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