Cuban women protesters arrested
Police have arrested a group of Cuban women demonstrating to demand the
release of their dissident husbands.
The 10 women were also kicked and shouted at by about 100 government
sup****ters as they were being detained, Reuters news agency re****ted.
The women, who are members of a group known as the Ladies in White, were
holding a peaceful protest near the offices of President Raul Castro.
They demanded to talk to the president before police arrived to arrest
them.
Authorities imprisoned the women's husbands and other relatives during a
2003 crackdown on dissidents accused of working with the US to subvert
the government.
Fifty-five of the dissidents are re****ted still to be behind bars.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news.bbc.co.uk/go/pr/fr/-/2/hi/americas/7359578.stm
Published: 2008/04/21 17:32:52 GMT
