Opposition Will Gather at 23 and L on Thursday, Human Rights Day

Opposition Will Gather at 23 and L on Thursday, Human Rights Day / 14ymedio
Posted on December 9, 2015

14ymedio, Havana, 9 December 2015 – December 10, Human Rights Day, in
Cuba has become a framework for various opposition activities and
countless arrests. This year, several independent civil society groups
have planned public activities, despite the possible repression. The
Ladies in White have issued a call for a peaceful demonstration at the
centrally located corner of 23rd and L, in Havana, at one in the afternoon.

Last Sunday, after ending their usual march along Fifth Avenue, Berta
Soler told 14ymedio that the activity will promote "the exercise of
freedom of association, of expression and of peaceful protest… If we
don't get there, it will be because we have been arrested or because
when trying to leave our homes or on our way there they have blocked us
from reaching the site," she said.

With regards to the organizational details, she pointed out, "We are
expecting Ladies in White from other places, although we will
concentrate in the capital." The activist and leader of the movement
said that, "this call is not only to the women of our organization, but
it is an invitation extended to other human rights activists and
citizens in general."

Other organizations and activists have also proposed activities to
celebrate the date. The dissident and blogger Agustin Lopez announced
that he will repeat his action of last year, consisting of distributing
flyers with the Universal Declaration of Human Rights in a central
location in Havana.

On that occasion, Lopez was brutally repressed and the moment of his
arrest was captured in a photo that was widely disseminated through
social networks.

The celebration of Human Rights Day last year resulted in the arrests of
more than 240 activists around the country, according to figures
provided by opposition groups. Several independent journalists,
including two reporters from this newspaper, were also arrested.

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