The Eternal Flame Project launched by Amnesty International seeks worldwide solidarity with the San Isidro Movement and the persecuted Cuban artists, intellectuals and human rights activists subjected to “alarming levels of surveillance,” by the Cuban regime.
Read MorePassages of the Christmas Eve homily titled “Night in Bethlehem, Night in Cuba” by a courageous deacon in the Parish Church in Vertientes, Camaguey on Dec 24, 2020. The priest rejects acts of repudiation and snitching on those who think different in Cuba and instead offers an alternative, democratic and tolerance society.
Read MoreIndependent journalists Esteban Rodriguez of ADN Cuba and Hector Luis Valdez of Heraldo de Cuba courageously captured the police truck where dissident artist Maykel Osorno was arrested this evening in Habana. He was arbitrarily arrested while walking on the streets wearing his face mask. It was also reported that police violently knocked down the door of Maykel’s house in the presence of a minor. This is an example of how a cell phone and a live broadcast on social media are capable of exerting pressure, raise awareness. I just got confirmation from artist Luis Manuel Otero Alcantara that Maykel had been released. The video is nevertheless valuable to show how regimes only yield to pressure not silence.
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