On the ninth anniversary of Cuba’s Black Spring (where 75 dissidents were arbitrarily arrested and sentenced to lengthy prison terms in 2003) and only one week before the visit of Pope Benedict XVI to the island, a number of human rights activists throughout the country were repressed and detained, especially the Ladies in White who were attempting to go to mass in their respective local churches, this past Sunday.
En el noveno aniversario de la Primavera Negra y solo una semana antes de la visita del Papa Benedicto XVI a Cuba, numerosos activistas de derechos humanos a través de la isla fueron reprimidos y detenidos, en especial las Damas de Blanco que intentaban llegar a misa en sus respectivas iglesias locales.