(EFE).- Several Ladies in White were arrested this Sunday, the third in a row, when they went out to protest demanding the release of the prisoners for the anti-government marches of July 11, some activists reported this Monday in social networks.
Among those detained are the leader of the opposition group, Berta Soler, and her husband, Angel Moyawho were temporarily arrested as they left the organization’s headquarters in Havana.
Moya denounced on Facebook that they were violently arrested, held in police stations for about eight hours and then released after imposing a fine.
Other Ladies in White, such as Caridad Burunate, reported similar situations on Facebook.
On the first Sunday, at least six women, including Soler, were arrested as they left the organization’s headquarters in Havana and released the next day.
Two weeks ago, the Ladies in White announced that they would resume their Sunday protests to demand the release of political prisoners, after the break forced by the pandemic.
On the first Sunday, at least six women, including Soler, were arrested as they left the organization’s headquarters in Havana and released the next day. Last Sunday Soler was the only detainee.
So far, neither the Cuban authorities nor the official media have confirmed the facts.
The Ladies in White movement emerged in 2003, following a wave of repression by the Cuban government that was called the black spring. Two years later they won the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought from the European Parliament.
The EU and NGOs such as Human Right Watch and Amnesty International criticized that wave of arrests, calling them political. The Cuban authorities condemned them alleging that they attempted against national sovereignty on orders from the United States.
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