People , mostly young, shouting slogans against Las Damas de Blanco out of the house of Laura Pollan, leader of the girl group that demands freedom for political prisoners in Cuba, where they gathered to commemorate the eighth anniversary of the crackdown "Black Spring" of 2003. Supporters of the Cuban government now starring an act of harassment against the Ladies in White, gathered Pollan's home in Havana. EPA / ROLANDO PUJOL
star Supporters of the Cuban government today an act of harassment against the Ladies in White, who met in a Havana home with other dissidents to mark the eighth anniversary of the crackdown of the "Black Spring "2003.
More than 200 people, mostly young, gathered this morning at the home of Laura Pollan, leader of the girl group that demands freedom for political prisoners, which brought together some 27 women and opponents as Guillermo Fariñas and former prisoners of conscience Héctor Maseda and Angel Moya, released a few weeks ago.
The purpose of the meeting of dissidents is to remember the eighth anniversary of "Black Spring" of 2003, when 75 dissidents were arrested and then sentenced to 6 to 28 years in prison on charges of conspiring with the U.S., threatening the independence of the state and "undermining the principles of the revolution."
While Damas de Blanco and other dissidents remain inside the chicken house in the street government supporters shout slogans in favor of the Cuban revolution and against opponents with words like "pin, put out down the worms "or" traitors ", common in these" acts of repudiation "as they are called in Cuba. The
officers are deployed from a large Cuban flag roof covering the street in the neighborhood of Centro Habana and have installed a speaker where the national anthem sounds and music of singer Silvio Rodriguez as found Efe. Nearby
has also deployed a visible police operation and security officials and several streets in the area are closed to traffic.
telephone Speaking Efe, Berta Soler, a spokeswoman for the Ladies in White is in the interior of the house, said they will not fail to commemorate the anniversary of "Black Spring" in spite of this new act of harassment.
For its part, the psychologist and journalist Guillermo Fariñas independently justified the celebration of this anniversary in the eight years since the 2003 crackdown have been years "of resistance, civic struggle and perseverance."
The commemoration of this day is marked this year by the process of releases of political prisoners of the Group of 75 that the government of Raul Castro began in July 2010 with the mediation of the Catholic Church.
Of the 52 opponents of the group who were prisoners at that time, 40 were released on the condition of exile in Spain, 10 have been released and remain in Cuba and 2 (Felix Navarro and José Daniel Ferrer) are still in prison.
Speaking to EFE, Fariñas hoped that the releases of Navarro and Ferrer occur soon and close the chapter of the prisoners of the Group of 75 (all considered prisoners of conscience by Amnesty International).
recalled, however, need to continue fighting for the fulfillment of human rights in Cuba, while highlighting the "pride and conviction" of those released from the Group of 75, and all have declared their release from prison intend to continue their work to that end. Via
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