Support Cuba’s courageous Ladies in White

“Today marks International Human Rights Day. It’s also the day that courageous Cuban women will be recognized for their tireless efforts at getting their loved ones released from prison. Las Damas de Blanco, or Ladies in White, are the wives, daughters and sisters of Cuban political prisoners arrested in March 2003 during the “Cuban Spring.”

Next week they will be awarded the European Parliament’s highest honor for human rights — the Andrei Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. This is the second time in four years that a Cuban organization is being honored with the prize. In 2002, it was awarded to Oswaldo Payá and the Varela Project, a citizen-based initiative that seeks a referendum enabling Cubans to decide their futures….”

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