Cuba on Track for 10,000 Politically-Motivated Arrests by End of Year - Breitbart
Frances Martel
The number of arrests in November amounts to nearly half as many as in October (620) largely due to the decision by Ladies in White head Berta Soler to cancel their traditional silent protest in Havana on the last Sunday of the month, arguing that the death of Fidel Castro could embolden the government to take more violent actions against members of her group should they not adhere to the mandatory mourning period for the late despot.
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