- Countries:
- Cuba
- Topics:
- Freedom of Speech, Cyber-Activism, Diaspora, Gender, Human Rights, Media, Protest, Politics
- Languages:
- English
As “a group of Cuban women peacefully demonstrating for the release of their jailed husbands were roughed up by a mob and arrested”, Cuban bloggers speak out…Babalu: “The regime still fears free thinkers and political opposition”; Uncommon Sense: “Freedom in Cuba — for the brave men on whose behalf these women were protesting, and for all Cubans — remains absent”; Child of the Revolution, Ninety Miles Away and Free Thoughts all post photos of the incident.
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