August 9, 2011
After attending Sunday mass at the Cathedral of Santiago de Cuba (in the Oriente province), 20 women from the Ladies in White organization -- family members and supporters of political prisoners -- were being awaited by the Castro regime's repressive forces.
Access to the Cathedral was interrupted by officials from the Ministry of the Interior, led by Lieutenant Colonel "Eliot," blasting loud music and government propaganda through loudspeakers.
The Ladies in White were then followed by a regime-led mob brandishing dangerous weapons. They were insulted, beaten and forced into buses that took them to an unknown location.
Almost simultaneously, the homes of pro-democracy leaders (also in the Oriente province), Jose Daniel Ferrer Garcia and Maximiliano Sanchez, were attacked -- as activists planned to gather there.
As a result of these violent acts, activists had to be hospitalized with fractures, contusions and wounds that needed suturing.
Among those critically injured: Julio Cesar Salazar Salinas, Osmelis Cruz Dacal, Annis Sarrion Romero, Magalys Fernandez Eulices, Prudencio Villalon Rades, Jose Angel Garrido Morris, Osmelis Cruz Dacal, Juan Carlos Vazquez Osoria, Angel Verdecia Diaz, Andry Verdecia Osorio, Amado Verdecia Vive, Ramon Bolaños Martin, Belkis Cantillo, Fatima Victoria Ferrer (6-years of age) and a neighbor who tried to defend the activists, Rubilandys Torres Perez.
More "reform" you can't believe in.
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