Above, a link to a short video sent via email from Cuba
by Angel Moya Acosta,
an ex Cuban political prisoner of conscience and husband of Berta Soler, leader of
the Ladies in White. It shows the violent arrest by gov't forces
(some in plainclothes) of human rights defenders, particularly members of this
peaceful feminine group dressed in white, in front of their
headquarters located at: Calle E, #51 e/ Cumbre y Porvenir, Reparto Lawton,
Municipio 10 de Octubre, and in other neighborhoods in Havana,
Cuba on Sunday, October 23 2016.
Please note:
1. Photographs at the beginning of the
video showing operatives of the Cuban political police (most
with their backs to the cameras to avoid facial recognition) posted around
the clock during the week from Thursday-Sunday at strategic corners in Havana,
with the purpose of stopping and preventing the peaceful activists from leaving
their homes and/or reaching the headquarters of the Ladies in White.
2. As the women, dressed
in white exit their headquarters to attend mass at the Church
of Santa Rita de Casia, they display a sign (taken away by the
agents) that reads: #WE
ALL MARCH FOR CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS.
3. A woman is seen filming the arrest with the
purpose of creating propaganda videos to discredit and smear the
activists' reputation.
4. Agents transfer all activists who exit the Ladies in
White headquarters in a bus to detention centers where they are subjected
to cruel and inhumane treatment and conditions. Women seen arrested at
other neighborhoods chanting: "Freedom
for Cuban Political Prisoners!, "Down with the
Dictatorship!" and "Down with the Castros!" are
driven away in patrol cars, also to detention centers.
5. The last photo shows the activists posing with the Cuban flag and
the sign: #WE
ALL MARCH FOR CUBAN POLITICAL PRISONERS inside the
headquarters of the Ladies in White just before going out onto the streets
on Sunday with the intention of attending mass and carry out their
peaceful protests.
The
Coalition of Cuban-American
Women
make the Cuban government responsible for the physical and mental well-being of
all members of the peaceful human rights movement who struggle
on behalf of freedom and justice for the Cuban people.
The
lives of these human rights defenders and their families in Cuba are in danger.
We urgently request ongoing solidarity for these brave men and women
in the island of Cuba from the international community: dignitaries,
journalists, NGO's and all men and women of good will in the world.
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