Violations of Human Rights in Cuba

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Violations of Human Rights in Cuba

January 2015

The following report compiles information of Cubans arbitrarily arrested and/or detained and experienced harassment, physical aggression, acts of vandalism and/or acts of repudiation* in Cuba in the month of January 2015. This information is based on the monthly report published by the Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional (Cuban NGO specializing in Human Rights as well as other sources in the island).

Summary

*Acts of Repudiation are physical and/or verbal aggression mobs organized by State Security (Cuba’s political police).

At least 178

arbitrary

arrests for

political

reasons

.

48 dissidents

were victims

of physical

aggression

.

36 harrassed

because of

political

reasons

.

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Date

Incident

Location

Victims

Incident Type

Source of

Information

01/01/15 Havana _{Agustín López Canino, Augusto}

Guerra Márquez, Antonio Enríquez González-Rodiles, Ubaldo Herrera Hernández, Ailer González Mena, Manuel Velázquez Licea, Víctor

Marcos Vázquez Sandino, Eva Blanca Baquero, Guillermo Manuel

García Velazco, Ada López Canino, Margarita Rodríguez Díaz,

Adnaloy Rodríguez Díaz, Tania Bruguera, Arturo Rojas Rodríguez, Alexis Pérez Lescaille y Luís Jesús

Gutiérrez Campos

(Members of various organizations)

Detained 2-24 hours by political police because of dissident activities.

Juan del Pilar Goberna

01/01/15 Havana _{Yasmani Arce Blanco}

(Movimiento Opositores por una

Nueva República)

Detained by political police for 8 days because of his dissident

activities.

01/01/15 Havana Rafael Clavija Santovenia

(Cuban citizen)

Detained by political police for 6 hours because for being a dissident’s brother-in-law.

01/04/15 Mella, Santiago de Cuba

Graciela Domínguez Girón, Keila Ramos Suárez, Edelkis León

Giraudi, Niurka Carmona Carmona, Tania Chacón, Rosa María Santana Barrera, Maday González Dalmau y Yoleidis Parada Asencio

(Ciudadanas por la Democracia)

Detained for 6 hours by political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass. Were abandoned miles outside the city.

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01/04/15 Holguín Mailyn Ricardo Góngora and Marexi Lausau Tamayo

(Damas de Blanco)

Detained for 4 hours by the political police to prevent them

from attending Sunday mass.

Arturo Acosta

01/04/15 Bayamo, Granma

Xiomara Montes de Oca Mediacejas, Ivania Rodríguez Rodríguez, Damaris García González y Yanelkis

Gallardo García (Damas de Blanco)

from attending Sunday mass. Some were abandoned miles away

from the city.

Arturo Acosta

01/04/15 Santiago de Cuba Lisandra Rivera Rodríguez, Miraida Martín Calderín y Danelis Sánchez

Rodríguez

(Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained for 10 hours by political police for handing brochures with

dissident messages.

Arturo Acosta

01/04/15

Mayabeque

Yeniset Amores Aguilera (Damas de Blanco)

Detained for hours by political police to prevent her from

attending Sunday mass.

01/05/15 Havana

Magalys Norvys Otero Suárez (Damas de Blanco)

Detained, threatened and harassed for 2 hours by the political police.

Juan del Pilar Goberna 01/07/15 Manicaragua, Villa

Clara

Yadiel Fernández Córdoba, Yunier Fernández González, José Leyva Díaz, Joel Bravo López and Néstor

Alfonso Cabrera

(Movimiento Cubano Reflexión)

Detained and threatened 3-24 hours by the political police for

visiting a dissident.

Manuel Sarduy

01/07/15 Santa Clara, Villa Clara

Damarys Moya Portieles, Yandry Martín Pereza and Bárbara Moya

Portieles

(Coalición Central Opositora)

Home was vandalized and stones were thrown by pro-government

mobs for being dissidents.

Damarys Portieles Moya

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01/08/15

Mella, Santiago de Cuba

Leonardo Díaz Castañeda

(Independent journalist) Detained for 6 hours by political police for having in his possession

anti-government posters.

Arturo Acosta

01/08/15

Velazco, Holguín

Arnaldo Pino Leyva

(Unión Patriótica de Cuba) Detained and beat for 2 hours by political police. The political police assumed he carried

anti-government documents.

01/09/15 San Miguel del Padrón, Havana

Miguel Daniel Borroto Vázquez (Comisión de Atención a Presos

Políticos y Familiares)

Home was vandalized with pro-government stickers and he was threatened by the political police.

Juan del Pilar Goberna 01/09/15 Mella, Santiago de

Cuba

Roberto Perdomo Fuentes, Yurisnel Álvarez Vargas, Seider Abel

Romero y Leonardo Díaz Castañeda

Detained for 6 hours by political police for their dissident activities.

Arturo Acosta

01/11/15

Bayamo, Granma

Ivania Rodríguez Rodríguez, Yamilka Gallardo García y

Damaris García González (Damas de Blanco)

Detained for 4 hours by political police to prevent them from

Arturo Acosta

01/11/15

Holguín Arelis Palacio Alcina, Niurka Cruz Cruz, Yanelis Pichardo Sánchez, Rosa escalona Gómez, Rosa María

Naranjo Nieves, Katiuska Rodríguez Rodríguez, Danay Mendiola Duquesne y Adairis

Miranda Leyva (Damas de Blanco)

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01/12/15

Madruga, Mayabeque

Reinaldo Hernández Escalona and Héctor Maceda

(Partido Liberal de Cuba)

Detained for 3 hours and abandoned miles away from the

city by the political police to prevent them from officially establishing a provincial branch of

the Partido Liberal de Cuba.

01/12/15 Manzanillo,

Granma

Enrique Piñero Azahares

(Unión Patriótica de Cuba) Detained for 2 hours by political police because of his dissident activities.

Rubén Torres Saiz (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained for 4 hours by political police for participating in a

dissident activity.

01/14/15

Cienfuegos Michel Ángelo Rodríguez Rey-Borges y Raúl González González

(Movimiento Cubano Reflexión)

Detained for 12 hours by political police for supporting citizens protesting. Rodriguez Rey was

beaten.

Manuel Sarduy

01/14/15 Cienfuegos

Yosley Cartaya Hurtado, Jorge Luís Oliver Díaz, Eloísa Veloz Becerra y

Lidiesky Figueroa Armenteros (Movimiento Cubano Reflexión)

Detained for hours to prevent them from participating in a dissident

activity.

Manuel Sarduy

01/14/15

Havana Miguel Daniel Borroto Vázquez (Comisión de Atención a Presos

Políticos y Familiares)

Detained and beaten by political police because of his dissident activities.

01/15/15 Boyeros, Havana Luís Enrique Labrador Detained by political police and abandoned miles away on his way

to visit a dissident.

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01/15/15 Havana Virgen Cuello Basulto, Deysi Cuello Basulto, Arelis Blanco Cuello, Lázaro María Borrego, Guzmán, Marlen Alonso Parada, Yoisi Jaramillo Sánchez, Yamile Naranjo Figueredo, Zulema Lay Sangroni, Moraima Rodríguez Batista, Delice González Borrego,

María Josefa Acón, Julia Herrera Roque and Lázara María Borrego (Movimiento Opositores por una

Nueva República)

Harassed and beaten by political police to prevent them from

attending a meeting.

01/15/15

Diez de Octubre, Havana

Elaine Pupo Hechevarría, Eleyn Ponjuan Pupo y José Ángel Pupo (Red de Bibliotecas Independientes)

Harassed by pro-government mobs because of their work in libraries.

01/15/15

Guantánamo Lenier Cruz Safran

(Unión Patriótica de Cuba) Detained for 96 hours and accused by political police of providing internet access to young people.

Arturo Acosta

Maykel Mena Ribalta, Alberto Hernández Herrera, Lismeidy

Alfonso Cabrera, Reinaldo Rodríguez Hernández, Néstor Alfonso Cabrera and Joel Bravo (Movimiento Opositor Juventud

Despierta)

Detained for 4 hours by political police because of their dissident

activities.

Manuel Sarduy

01/18/15

Santiago de Cuba Niurka Carmona Carmona, Paula Girón Castro, Graciela Domínguez

Girón, Eduviges Isaac Rodríguez, Yuleidis Parada Asencio y Maday

González Dalmau

Detained for 6 hours by political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass. Later abandoned miles away from the

city.

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01/18/15 Holguín

Yanelis Pichardo Sánchez, Rosa María Naranjo Nieves, Katiuska Rodríguez Rodríguez, Danay Mendiola Duquesne, Damaris

Morales Piña and Mailyn RicardoGóngora (Damas de Blanco)

Detained for 4 hours by political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass.

Arturo Acosta

01/18/15

Bayamo, Granma

Ivania Rodríguez Rodríguez, Ariadna Sánchez Bantour, Yamilka

Gallardo and Damaris García (Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

01/18/15

Havana Mayelín Peña Bullain

(Damas de Blanco) Detained for hours by political police to prevent them from

01/18/15 Ciego de Ávila Mailen Cruz Maidique

(Damas de Blanco) Detained for hours by political police to prevent them from

01/18/15 Havana Melkis Faure Echevarría, Roberto

Rodríguez and Rosa Yaima Reyes (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained for 6 days by the political police because of their

dissident activities. Both were beaten.

Yamile Sánchez, Raúl Valdés, Lismeidy Alfonso, Yaise Carménate,

Reinaldo Rodríguez, Yadira Castro, Onelia Alonso, Estrella Rodríguez, Lázaro García, Pedro Rodríguez, Néstor AlfonsoCabrera, Joel Bravo

and Maykel Mena

(Movimiento Opositor Juventud Despierta)

Detained for 6 hours by political police. Later were beaten and harassed by pro-government mobs

for attempting to hold a peaceful march.

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01/19/15 Pinar del Río

Olga Lidia Torres Iglesia (Damas de Blanco)

Detained by political police on her way to a Damas de Blanco event

in Havana.

01/20/15 Manatí, Las Tunas Yunier Cabreja López (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained for 3 hours by political police on her way to a dissident

activity.

Fidel Agüero

01/21/15 Havana Marcelino Abreu Bonora

(Frente de Acción Cívica OZT)

Detained for 2 hours and beaten by political police for being a

dissident.

01/21/15 Camagüey Sergio Luís Pérez Betancourt

Detained for 2 hours and beaten by political police for being a

dissident.

Fernando Vázquez

01/22/15 Havana Rolando Reyes Rabanal

(Independent activist)

Detained for 15 hours by political police for being a dissident

01/25/15 Bayamo, Granma Xiomara Montes de Oca

Mediacejas, Yudisbel Roselló Mojena, Damaris García González,

Yanelkis Gallardo García and Ariadna Sánchez Bantour

(Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

01/25/15 Holguín María Teresa García Rojas, Maidoly Leyva Portelles, Adairis Miranda Leyva and Yanelis Pichardo Sánchez (Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

01/27/15 Playa, Havana Adonis Salgado

(Cuba Independiente y

Democrática)

Detained for 2 hours by political police and threatened because of

his dissident activities.

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01/28/15 Sagua la Grande,

Villa Clara Jaime Castillo Joba y Diana Alonso (Movimiento Cubano Reflexión)

His home was raided by pro-government mobs.

Manuel Sarduy

01/28/15 Havana Sonia González Mejías, Melkis

Faure Echevarría y Alcibíades Guerra Marín

Detained 4-8 hours by political police for demanding their belongings, confiscated by the

police, be returned.

Sonia González Mejías

01/28/15 Santa Isabel de la Lajas, Cienfuegos

Jorge Luís Oliver Díaz, Eloísa Veloz Becerra, Lourdes Armenteros García y Lidieski

Fundora Armenteros (Movimiento Cubano Reflexión)

Detained 2-3 hours by political police for holding events in honor

of José Martí’s birth.

Manuel Sarduy

01/28/15 Havana Maribel Hernández, Roberto Ferrer, Ángel Valdez, Margarita Rodríguez, Adnaloy Rodríguez, Gerardo Lezcano, Augusto Guerra,

José Menéndez, Roxilinie Sotolongo, Yohana de la Cruz, Ariel González, Niurka Caridad,

Lisset Naranjo, Anai Penalbo, Yosvani Fernández, Ángel Oñate,

Smith Cantillo, Yosvani Correa, Yusniel López, Dayan Pérez,

Adonis Salgado, Hanse Eloy Almeida, Luís Godinez, Ubeldo Herrera Hernández, René Garzón Villa-Verde, Juan Carlos Linares y

Agustín López Canino (Various organizations)

putting together a flower arrangement in honor of José

Martí’s birth.

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01/29/15 Camajuaní, Villa Clara

Armando Echevarría López and Yander Reyes Machado (Movimiento Cubano Reflexión)

Detained for hours because of their dissident activities. Later abandoned miles away from the

city.

Manuel Sarduy

@ICCAS_UM http://ctp.iccas.miami.edu

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Violations of Human Rights in Cuba

February 2015

The following report compiles information of Cubans arbitrarily arrested and/or detained and experienced harassment, physical aggression, acts of vandalism and/or acts of repudiation* in Cuba in the month of February, 2015. This information is based on the monthly report published by the Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional (Cuban NGO specializing in Human Rights as well as other sources in the island).

Summary

At least 492

arbitrary

arrests for

political

reasons

.

87 dissidents

were victims

of physical

aggression

.

15 harrassed

because of

political

reasons

.

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Date

Incident

Location

Victims

Incident Type

Source of

Information

02/01/15 Bayamo, Granma _{Xiomara Montes de Oca}

Mediacejas, Damaris García González, Yanelkis Gallardo García and Ivania Rodríguez

(Damas de Blanco)

Detained for 4 hours by the political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass.

Arturo Acosta

02/01/15 Holguín _{Arelis Palacio Alcina, Marexi}

Lausau Tamayo, María Teresa García Rojas y Damaris Morales

(Damas de Blanco)

from attending Sunday mass. Palacio was severely beaten.

Arturo Acosta

02/01/15 Havana _{Yanelis Cutiño Martínez, Sahira} Castro Casals, Julia Estrella Aramburo, Martha Santodomingo,

Yipsian García, Lidia Esther Romeu Roa, Maite Alfonso Veitía,

Yanet Padrón, Leonor Reinó Borges y Rosario Morales La Rosa

Detained for 4 hours by the political police for handing out

copies of UN Human Rights declaration.

Rosario Morales La Rosa

02/01/15

El Cristo, Santiago

de Cuba Niurka Carmona Carmona, Paula Oliva Chacón, Eduviges Isaac Rodríguez, Rosa María Santana Borrego, Paula Girón Castro and

Isolina Reyes Consuegra (Ciudadanas por la Democracia)

from attending Sunday mass.

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02/02/15 Baracoa, Guantánamo

Keyber Rodríguez (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Briefly detained by the political police.

Arturo Acosta

02/02/15 Guantánamo

Rafael Puentes Cremé (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained for 2 hours by political police for his dissident activities.

Arturo Acosta

02/05/15 Havana Iván Hernández Carrillo

Detained for 5 hours by the political police. The police confiscated Convivencia magazines he had. Iván Hernández Carrillo 02/05/15 Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba

Paula Girón Castro, Mercedes Moya Isaac, Danaisy Carracedo

Milanés, Yanisel Rodríguez Gondres, Angelina Isaac Luna, Yulixander González Ramírez, Yoandra Guaso, Yoleidis Pérez López, Yenisel Jiménez Reyna, Yamila Rodríguez Dinzá, Olga Henríquez Núñez and Odalys Wells

(Damas de Blanco)

Detained by political police for 3 hours to keep them from participating in a debate. They

were beaten.

Arturo Acosta

02/06/15 Havana Wilberto Parada Milán

Detained and harassed for an hour by political police because of his

dissident activities.

Arcelio Molina

Marcelino Abreu, Belkis Toledo Rodríguez, Sánder Reyes Machado,

Eloísa Velázquez Becerra, Librado Linares García, Jorge Luís Olivera Díaz, Elsa Acebal Martínez and

Diamile Suárez (Various organizations)

Detained by political police for trying to hand the Archbishop’s

office a letter. They were abandoned miles away from the

city.

Iván Hernández Carrillo

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02/07/15

Havana Caridad Ramírez Utria, Heriberto Pons Ruíz, Olayda Castillo, Israel Rojas Montano, Miguel López Santos y Rolando Cabrera Ramírez

(Partido Unión por Cuba Libre)

Detained 3 hours by political police to prevent them from

participating in a meeting.

Carlos Manuel Pupo

Yasmani Magaña Díaz

(Unión Patriótica de Cuba) Detained 5 hours by political police because of his dissident

activities.

Alexei Martínez

02/07/15 Havana Hugo Damián Prieto Blanco and

Lázaro Mendoza

(Frente de Acción Cívica OZT)

Detained 8 hours by political police because of his dissident

activities.

Hugo Damián Prieto

02/07/15 Havana René Fernández Quiroga

(Unión Patriótica de Cuba) Detained for 3 days to prevent them from traveling to another

province.

Arcelio Molina

02/07/15 Havana Melkis Faure Echevarría y Emilio

Serrano Rodríguez (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained by political police because of their dissident

activities.

Arcelio Molina

02/08/15

El Cristo, Santiago de Cuba

Eduviges Isaac Rodríguez, Maday González Dalmau, María del Carmen Santana Barrera and Tania

Chacón Oliva

Arturo Acosta

02/08/15

Colón, Matanzas Francisco Rangel Manzano and Carlos Olivera Martínez (Partido por la Democracia PLB)

Severely beaten by political police because of their involvement in

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02/08/15 Havana Mayelín Peña Bullain, Mirta Ricardo Tornet, Deyvis García Ramos, Yusleidis Girón Ortiz y

Oilyn Hernández Rodríguez (Damas de Blanco)

Detained for hours by political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass. Hernandez

was beat.

Berta Soler

02/08/15

Bayamo, Granma Ivania Rodríguez Rodríguez, Yudisbel Roselló Mojena y

Damaris García González (Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

02/08/15

Holguín Mailyn Ricardo Góngora, Maidoly Leyva Portelles, Adairis Miranda Leyva, Yilennis Aguilera Santos, Yanelis Pichardo Sánchez y Rosa

María Naranjo Nieves (Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

02/08/15

Guantánamo Yoanni Beltrán Gamboa

(Unión Patriótica de Cuba) Harassed for days by political police because they assumed he was handing out anti-government

pamphlets.

Ramón Alejandro Muñoz

02/10/15 Marianao, Havana Eugenio Hernández Hernández

(former political prisoner) Detained for 3 hours by political police to prevent him from attending a dissident activity.

Carlos Manuel Pupo

02/10/15 Arroyo Naranjo, Havana

Agustín Figueroa Galindo

(Partido Unión por Cuba Libre) Detained for 6 hours by political

police because of his involvement in dissident activities.

Carlos Manuel Pupo

02/11/15 Boyeros, Havana Mario Alberto Hernández Leyva, José Díaz Silva, Egberto Escobedo

Morales, Liset Naranjo, Zaqueo Báez Guerrero, Lourdes Esquivel

Vieyto, María Josefa Acón Sardiñas, Julia Herrera Roque, Luís

Detained by political police for hours because of his dissident activities. Hernández Leyva, Díaz

Silva, Escobedo Morales, Báez Guerrero and Esquivel Vieyto

Zaqueo Báez Guerrero

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Jesús Gutiérrez Campos, Augusto Guerra Márquez, Ángel Luís Díaz

Feraut, Víctor Marcos Valdés Sendiña and Damaris Revé (Movimiento Opositores por una

Nueva República- UNPACU)

were beaten.

02/11/15 Guantánamo Damián Rodríguez Mejías

(Unión Patriótica de Cuba) Detained by police because of his dissident activities.

Arturo Acosta

02/11/15

Camagüey Misael Canet Velázquez, Yosvany Sepulveda, Alexis Muñoz Jiménez

and Elsa Fernández Graelle (Frente de Resistencia Cívica OZT)

Detained for hours by political police because of dissident

activities.

Daniel Millet

02/11/15 Havana María Cristina Labrada, Milagros

Matías Ponce, Lourdes Díaz Esquivel, Víctor Pita Díaz, Victoria

Díaz Silva y Juan Jesús Cruz (Movimiento Opositores por una

Nueva República- UNPACU)

Severely beaten by political police because of their dissident

activities.

Zaqueo Báez Guerrero

02/13/15 Havana Agustín Figueroa Galindo

(Partido Unión por Cuba Libre) Detained for 6 hours by the political police because of his

Carlos Manuel Pupo

02/15/15 Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba

Geordanis Muñoz Guerrero, Adael Muñoz Guerrero, Gilberto

Hernández la O, Marioldi Delgado Romero, Rulisán Rodríguez Ramírez, Roberto Ayala Galindo, Roberto Almaguer González, Pedro Campa Almenares, Yerolandis Calderín Alvarado, 10. Naldo Antonio Ramos Alcántara, Ángel Lino Isaac Luna, Esquizander

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Benítez Moya, Roner López Hernández, Osmay Vázquez Aranda, Yosmany García Rociando, Ruberlandis Ávila González, Yenisel Rodríguez Gondre, Yeniséi Jiménez Reina, Yunaisis Martínez Céspedes, Yunaisis Carracedo Milanés, Isolina Reyes Consuegra, Yamila Dinza Rodríguez, Mercedes Moya Isaac, Yanet Díaz Santiago, Solidaris Arias Almenares, Yailin Rodríguez Oliva, Yasmín Tesidor Hernández, Rosalía Garcés Arce and Paula Girón Castro

(Members from two organizations) 02/15/15

Bayamo, Granma

Xiomara Montes de Oca Mediacejas, Yanelkis Gallardo

García, Ivania Rodríguez Rodríguez and Nidia Rodríguez

(Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

02/15/15 Santiago de Cuba Carlos Oliva Riverí, Ernesto Oliva Torres, Carlos Rafael Torres Romero, Alexeis Martínez Vaillant,

José Augusto Bueno Fuentes, Lázaro Barrera de los Santos, Onel

Nápoles Fernández, Héctor Velázquez Gómez, Wilder Cusa Cervantes, Lorenzo Malesu Isaac,

Ernesto Tamayo Guerra, Soraya Dunet Hernández, Doraisa Correoso Pozo, Yordanis Chávez Roll, Damaris Rodríguez Ramos,

Detained 1-5 hours by political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass at the

Santuario del Cobre.

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Lisandra Rivero Rodríguez, Niubis Gómez Pérez, Miraida Martín Calderín, Cristina Bedey González, Yamil Rodríguez Cisneros, Bárbaro

Tresol Verdecia, Rafael Molina Rodríguez y Aníbal Ribeaux (Members from two organizations)

02/15/15 Holguín

Rosa Escalona Gómez, Maidoly Leyva Portelles, Adairis Miranda Leyva y Yanelis Pichardo Sánchez

(Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

Roberto Perdomo Fuentes,

Yarisniel Álvarez Vargas, Mileidi Gómez Pérez, Ismaray González Dalmau, Rubén Alvarado Reyes, Graciela Domínguez Girón,

Mileidis Maceo Quiñones, Maidolis Oribe Perdomo and Moraima Díaz (Members from two organizations)

Detained 4 hours by political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass. Perdomo, Álvarez and Gómez were severely

beaten.

Arturo Acosta

02/15/15 San Luís, Santiago de Cuba

Yanni Núñez Naranjo, Ricardo Guzmán Calzado, Eliecer Quintana

Suárez, Roberto González Feria, Gabriel Ernesto Torres Velázquez,

Arisbel Mustelier Osorio, Erlis Téllez Limonta y Eddy Téllez (Members from two organizations)

Arturo Acosta

02/20/15 Marianao, Havana Eugenio Hernández

(Former political prisoner)

Harassed by political police because of his dissident activities.

Ramón Alejandro Muñoz

02/21/15 Guantánamo Yoanni Beltrán Gamboa

Under surveillance for hours by political police because of his

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02/22/15 Havana Lourdes Esquivel Vieyto, Mayelín Santiesteban López, Bárbara Aguilar García, Yeniset Amores Aguilera, Yolanda Santana Ayala,

Eugenia Díaz Hernández, Lázara Bárbara Sendiña Recalde, María Cristina Labrada Varona, Virgen Cuello Basulto, Julia Herrera Roque, María Josefa Acón Sardiña,

Yamile Naranjo, Yamile Garro Alfonso and Dellices González

(Damas de Blanco)

Detained for hours by political police to prevent them from

Magaly Norvis Otero

02/22/15 Santiago de Cuba Maylin Isaac Sánchez, Lorenzo Malesu Isaac, Ridel Luis Brea Alcántara, Ernesto Tamayo Guerra Damaris Rodríguez Ramos, Doraisa

Correoso Pozo, Lisandra Rivera Rodríguez, Yordanis Chávez Roll,

Alexeis Martínez Vaillant, Lázaro Barrera de los Santos, Amado Torres Montalván, José Augusto

Bueno Fuentes, Ernesto Oliva Torres, Carlos Rafael Torres Romero, Iduni Garcés Rodríguez, Evelio Fernández Salazar, Yoandri

Betancourt Castellanos, Eduardo Fernández Cardoso, Damir Rodríguez Cisneros, Vladimir Martin Castellanos, Miraida Martin

Calderín, Nailen Martin Benet, Franklin Álvarez Fernández, Alexeis Pécora Rabel, Rafael Molina Rodríguez, Bianco Vargas

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Martin, Alexeis Vargas Martin, Ernesto Roberto Rivery Gascón,

Wilder Cervantes Cuza, Yander Martínez Sánchez, Onel Nápoles

Fernández, Aníbal Ribeaux Figueredo, Aracelio Ribeaux Noa, David Fernández Cardoso, Samuel Leblanc and Jesús Manuel Dupetey

02/22/15 Holguín Sonia Escobar Ricardo and

Maidoly Leyva Portelles (Damas de Blanco)

Detained for 4 hours to prevent them from attending Sunday mass.

Arturo Acosta

02/22/15 Havana Rolando Reyes Rabanal, Miguel

Borroto Vázquez, Moraima Rodríguez Batista, Raúl Borges Álvarez, Ramón Mora Hernández,

Sandalio Mejías Santiesteban, Ángel Moya Acosta, Duniel Blanco

Acosta, Ernesto Fonseca Garcí, Pablo Enrique Romero Camejo, Luís Andrés Domínguez Sardiñas,

Guillermo García Velazco, Luís Enrique López Torres, Lázaro Yuri

Valle Roca, Humberto Vid Marín, Luís Gutiérrez Campo, Damián Subira Santiesteban, Mario Alberto

Hernández Leiva, Ubaldo Herrera Hernández, Francisco García Punier, Arturo Rojas Rodríguez, Pavel Herrera Hernández, Alexis

Gómez Rodríguez, Ángel Figueredo Casteñon, Ramón Alejandro Muñoz González,

Detained for hours by political police on their way to symbolically honor with flowers

the lives of the Brothers to the Rescue and Orlando Zapata Tamayo. They were beaten.

(21)

Ricardo Luna Rodríguez, Antonio Rodiles, Ayler González Mena, Alexander Fernández Rico, José Díaz Silva, Pedro Fontari Miranda,

Jorge Esanfe, Alfredo Guillauma, Leudis Reyes Cuza y Rubén

(Members from various organizations) 02/22/15 Santa Clara, Villa

Clara

Digna Rodríguez Ibáñez (Damas de Blanco)

Harassed by a stranger while being watched by the political police to prevent her from attending Sunday

mass.

Magaly Norvis Otero

Yoandris Bolaños Vázquez, Jose Amaury Abelenda Hierrezuelo.

Golpeado, Ruberlandis Ávila González, Keyla Ramos Suarez, Roberto Perdomo Fuentes, Ismaray González Dalmau, Leonardo Cobas Pérez, Yoandri Fuentes Hernández

and Abraham Cabrera Torres (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained 1-5 hours by political police to keep them from attending

Sunday mass at the Santuario del

Cobre.

Alexis Martínez

02/22/15 Havana Zaqueo Báez Guerrero, Hugo

Damián Prieto Blanco, Armando Peraza Hernández, Julio Ramírez Castiñeira, Lázaro Mendoza García,

Lázaro de la Noval Usín, José Antonio Pompa López, Yasmani

Borroto and Lázaro Fresneda (Members of various oganizations)

Detained for hours by political police to keep them from supporting the Ladies in White.

(22)

02/22/15 Bayamo, Granma Damaris García González, Xiomara Montes de Oca Mediacejas and Yanelkis Gallardo García (Damas de Blanco)

Detained 4 hours by political police to keep them from attending

Sunday mass. They were beaten.

Arturo Acosta

Gilberto Hernández La O, Geordanis Muñoz, Adael Muñoz

Guerrero, Roberto Almaguer, Héctor Adel García Ríos, Marioldi

Delgado Romero, Esquizander Benítez Moya, Marco Antonio Ramos, Pedro Campa Almenares,

Yerolandis Calderín Alvarado, Dagmaris Moya García, Rulisán Ramírez, Omay Vázquez Aranda,

Daniel Rodríguez, Luis Ángel Tamayo Echavarría, José Alejandro

Sánchez Ruiz, Andrés Cutiño Galán, Ángel Lino Isaac Luna, Antonio Suárez Ramos, Víctor Campa Almenares, Ronel López Hernández, Mercedes Moya Isaac,

Yenisei Jiménez Reyna, Yenni Dinza Rodríguez, Isolina Reyes Consuegra, Yenisel Rodríguez Gondres, Paula Girón Castro, Yanet

Díaz Santiago, Yunaisis Carracedo Milanés, Yasmín Tesidor Hernández, Eduviges Isaac

Rodríguez, Solidaris Arias Almenares, Yailin Rodríguez Oliva

and Yanisleidis López (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained 2-6 hours to prevent them from attending Sunday mass

at the Santuario del Cobre.

(23)

Marbelis González Reyes, Sandra Rodríguez Gattorno, Tamara Jiménez García, Isabel Fernández

Yánez, María Luisa Arango Presival, Dayamí Villavicencio Hernández, Tania Díaz Urdanivia, Digna Rodríguez Ibáñez, Haymeé

Moya Montes de Oca, Heyda Fonseca and Diarena Arrondo

(Damas de Blanco)

Detained for hours by political police while they peacefully protested against the repudiation act done to a member of the Ladies

in White. Rodríguez was beaten.

Magaly Norvis Otero

Ricardo Guzmán Calzado, Eliecer Quintana Suárez, Yanni Núñez

Naranjo, Erlis Reyes Limonta, Eddy Reyes Limonta, Gabriel Ernesto Torres Velázquez, Aribel

Mustelier Osorio, Roberto González Feria, Omar Irán Peña,

Yordanis Pérez and Jairo Correa (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained 2-6 hours by political police to keep them from attending

Sunday mass at the Santuario del

Cobre.

Alexis Martínez

02/22/15 Havana Berta Soler Fernández, Magaly

Norvis Otero Suárez, Lismari Quintana Ávila, Yaquelín Boni

Hechevarría, Ada maría López Canino, Aliuska Gómez García,

Kirenia Díaz Urgelles, Caridad Ramírez Utria, Glisedis Piña

González, Eralidis Frómeta Polanco, Haydée Gallardo Salazar,

Zulema Lay Sangrones, María Rojas Pereira, Cecilia Guerra Alfonso, Damaris Revé Rodríguez,

Tamara Rodríguez Quesada, Soldrelys Torruella Poncio, Ivonne

Detained for hours by political police on their way to honor with flower arrangements the Brother to

the Rescue victims and Orlando Zapata Tamayo. Eleven Ladies in

White were brutally beaten.

(24)

Lemus Fonseca, Olayda Castillo Trujillo, Marlen Alonso Parada, Mirenia Henry García, Lissette Naranjo Girón, Alina Lanz García, Milvia Aguilera Lanz, Sarahí Pérez

Pedroso, Marbelis Destrade, Adisnidia Dallet Urgelles, Lucinda

González Gómez, Mirta Ricardo Tornet, Mirta Ricardo Tornet, Dunia Medina Moreno, Danaisis

Muñoz López, Daisis Artiles, Adelma Guerra Ricardo, Isdaris

Pérez Ponciano, María Castro Rodríguez, Margarita Barbena Calderín, Xiomara Cruz Miranda, Yurleany Tamayo Martínez, María

Rodríguez Molina, Oilyn Hernández Rodríguez, Roxilene Sotolongo Cruz, Gloria San Juan Oliva, Annay Peñalba Subit, Yoisi

Jaramillo Sánchez, Ivón Lazo Abreu, Yoanna de la Cruz García,

Daysi Cuello Basulto, Marcedes Risco Pérez, Dayane Ortiz Hernández, Luisa Toscano Kindelán, Dayamí Lay Sangones,

Zenaida Hidalgo Cedeño y Iris Llerandi Kindelán (Damas de Blanco)

02/23/15 Aguada de

Pasajeros, Cienfuegos

Yoan Arango Ancizar (Movimiento Cubano Reflexión)

Detained for hours by the political police because the police suspected he was going to hold a

dissident activity.

(25)

02/24/15 Pinar del Río José Rolando Casares Soto (Partido Republicano de Cuba)

Detained 3 hours by the political police because the police suspected he was going to hold a

dissident activity.

Yamilka Abascal

02/24/15 Cienfuegos Rolando Hernández Rojas and

Jesús Bicher Guerra (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained for hours by political police because of their dissident

activities.

Alexis Martínez

02/24/15 Arroyo Naranjo, Havana

Agustín Figueroa, Carlos Manuel Pupo and Oscar Elías Biscet (Partido Unión por Cuba Libre)

Detained for hours by political police for attending a dissident event. They were abandoned miles

away from the city.

Yunier López O'farril

Damarys Moya Portieles, Yoel Hernández Jiménez, Leidy Contreras Ruíz, Mabis González Tapanes, Yuliet Pedroso González,

Mildrey Agüero Torres, Orestes Machado Calderón, Pedro Antonio

Padilla Aguilar and Yandis Martín (Coalición Central Opositora)

Harassed by pro-government mobs and home was vandalized for their involvement in dissident activities.

02/24/15 Habana Vieja, Havana

Fred Calderón Muñoa and Franklin Calderón Muñoa

Detained 4 hours by political police for having an

anti-government sign.

Sonia González

Ricardo Guzmán Calzada (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained for hours by political police for being suspected of attempting to hold a dissident

activity.

Alexis Martínez

02/24/15 Sanctí Spíritus Osvaldo Arce Hernández

(Confederación de Trabajadores

Independientes de Cuba)

Detained 1 hour by political police after attending a vigil.

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Dariana Arredondo Martínez, Maikel Armenteros Oramas, Natividad Blanco Carrero, Jorge Luís Artiles Montiel, María Josefa Oramas García, María del Carmen Martínez López, Raúl López Pérez, Miguel Fariñas Key, Dania Díaz Urdanivia, Mary Laredo González, Tony Colina Márquez, Nilo Gilbert Arencibia, Ramón Arbolay Abreu, Carlos Fernández Arbolay, Idonis Rodríguez Pérez, Guillermo Fariñas Hernández, Dayamí Villavicencio Hernández, Frank Reyes López, Sandra Rodríguez Gattorno, Haymeé Moya Montes de Oca, Yanaisy Santana Hurtado, Jesús Hernández Pérez, Celestino Hernández Gutiérrez, Digna Rodríguez Ibáñez, Yaima Villavicencio, Omar Núñez Espinosa and Ignacio Blanco (Fórum Antitotalitario Unido)

Detained 2-7 hours by the political police to keep them from honoring the Brothers to the Rescue victims

and Orlando Zapata Tamayo. Martínez, Reyes López, and Rodríguez were severely beaten.

Ramón Jiménez

02/24/15 Consolación del Sur, Pinar del Río

Eduardo Díaz and Raúl Luís Risco (Nuevo Partido Revolucionario

Cubano)

Detained and threatened for 1 hour by the political police.

02/25/15 Artemisa Elaine Núñez Cabrera

Detained for 6 hours by the political police because of

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02/25/15 Contramaestre, Santiago de Cuba

Julio César Vega Santiesteban (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained and threatened for 5 hours by the political police because of dissident activities.

Alexis Martínez

02/25/15 Trinidad, Sanctí Spíritus

Raúl Zaqueira Díaz (Confederación de Trabajadores

Detained for hours by the political police to be warned about his involvement in dissident activities.

Yosvani Izaguirre (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained for 24 hours by political police because of his involvement

in dissident activities.

Alexei Martínez

Damarys Moya Portieles, Yoel Hernández Jiménez, Leidy Contreras Ruíz, Mabis González Tapanes, Yuliet Pedroso González,

Mildrey Agüero Torres, Orestes Machado Calderón, Pedro Antonio

Padilla Aguilar, Yandis Martín Peraza, Justa Rojas Pecoso, Ailin Orozco Delgado y Marcelino Abreu

(Coalición Central Opositora)

Detained by the political police at the outside of the police station.

They were taken back to their homes. Abreu was detained for 24

hours.

Damarys Moya Portieles

02/25/15 Puerto Padre, Las Tunas

Francisco Hernández Rivero (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained 3 hours by the political police to keep him from participating at a dissident event.

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02/26/15 Palma Soriano,

Santiago de Cuba Pedro Campa Almenares, Geordanis Muñoz Guerrero, Gilberto Hernández la O, Rulisán Rodríguez Ramírez, Roberto Ayala

Galindo, Roberto Almaguer González, Yerolandis Calderín Alvarado, Ángel Lino Isaac Luna, Esquizander Benítez Moya, Roner López Hernández, Yosvany García Rusindo, Yeniséi Jiménez Reina,

Mercedes Moya Isaac, Yasmín Tesidor Hernández, Paula Girón Castro, Yurisleidis López Pérez, Yoandra Benítez Guaso, Rosa Santana Barrera, José Sánchez Ruíz, Víctor Campa Almenares, Aylin Guerra Pérez, Norge López

Reyna and Antonio López (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained 2-5 hours by the political police after they broke into Guerrero’s home, destroyed the

TV set and some furniture, all while a dissident event was taking

place. Were all abandoned miles away from their homes.

Alexis Martínez

02/26/15 Havana Fred Calderón and Franklin Arango

Detained by the political police and accused of disorderly

behavior.

Juan del Pinar Goberna

02/26/15 Chaparra, Las Tunas

Frank Hernández Rivero, Carlos Alberto Arteaga Arias, Ivo Laffite Rodríguez and José Enrique Ávila

Detained 2-6 hours by the political police because of their involvement in dissident activities.

Alexis Martínez

Michel Oliva, Silvia Cuello, Yuriet Pedroso, Mary González, Maira Conyedo, Landilexi González, Yoel

Hernández and Leidy Contreras (Coalición Central Opositora)

Detained by police agents when they tried protesting outside of the

police station.

Damarys Moya Portieles

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02/28/15 El Cobre, Santiago

de Cuba Vladimir Martín Castellanos (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained for hours by political police to keep them from attending

mass the following day.

José Daniel Ferrer

@ICCAS_UM http://ctp.iccas.miami.edu

(30)

Violations of Human Rights in Cuba

March 2015

The following report compiles information of Cubans arbitrarily arrested and/or detained and experienced harassment, physical aggression, acts of vandalism and/or acts of repudiation* in Cuba in the month of March 2015. This information is based on the monthly report published by the Comisión Cubana de Derechos Humanos y Reconciliación Nacional (Cuban NGO specializing in Human Rights as well as other sources in the island).

At least 610

arbitrary arrests for political reasons

in March, 2015.

(31)

Date

Incident

Location

Victims

Incident Type

Source of

Information

03/01/15 Mella,

Santiago de Cuba

Yohandry Bolaños Vázquez, Mileidys Maceo Quiñones, Mileidys Gómez Pérez and Ismaray

González Dalmau. (Various organizations)

Detained 4-6 hours by political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass at El Cobre. They were physically hurt and abandoned away from each other.

Arturo Acosta

03/01/15

San Luis, Santiago

de Cuba Ricardo Guzmán Calzado, Caymin Núñez Naranjo, Eliecer Quintana Suárez, Jairo Correa Capote, Aribel

Mustelier Osorio, Erlis Telles Limonta, Ernesto Gabriel Torres Velázquez, Eddy Téllez Limonta

and Roberto González Feria. (Various organizations)

Detained 4-6 hours by political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass at El Cobre. They were physically hurt

and abandoned away from each other.

Arturo Acosta

Pedro Campa Almenares, Víctor Campa Almenares, Gilberto Hernández La O, Geordanis Muñóz

Guerrero, Daineris Moya García, Héctor García Ríos, Adael Muñóz

Guerrero, Yeroslandi Calderín Alborado, Ángel Luis Guisac Luna, Rudisán Ramírez Rodríguez, Naldo Antonio Ramos Alcántara, Osmay Vázquez Arondo, Ruberlandis Ávila

González, Ronel López Hernández, Laudelino Rodríguez Mendosa, Roberto Ayala Galindo, Roberto

(32)

Almaguer González, José Alejandro Sánchez Ruíz, Luis Ángel Tamayo

Hechavarria, Geordanis Izaguirre Hernández, Elisey Jiménez Reyna,

Isolina Reyes Consuegra, Rosalía Garcés Cerafé, Dunaisy Carracedo

Milanés, Yanet Díaz Santiago, Yamilay Diza Rodríguez, Yunaisis

Martínez Céspedes, Paula Grión Castro, Yenisey Rodríguez Gondre,

Mercedes Moya Isaac, Yasmín Teisidor Hernández, Yoandra Benítez Guazo, Yarisleidys López Pérez, Tania Oliva Chacón, Milagro

Leyva and Rosa María Marrero. (Various organizations)

03/01/15

Santiago de Cuba

Maylin Isaac Sánchez, Lorenzo Malesú Issac, Vladimir Alarcón Mora, David Fernández Cardoso, Evelio Fernández Salazar, Yoandri

Betancourt Castellanos, Gohart Cruz Zamora, Idunni Garcés

Rodríguez, Noel Fernández Cardoso, Ridel Brea Alcántara, Ernesto Tamayo Guerra, Héctor Velázquez Gómez, José Roberto Núñez Paumier, Rafael Molina

Rodríguez, Alexeis Martínez Vaillant, Samuel Leblan Sobón, Zoraya Dunet Hernández, Aníbal Ribeaux Figueredo, Ernesto Oliva Torres, Yonder Martínez Sánchez,

(33)

Carlos Rafael Torres Romero, Onel Nápoles Fernández, Carlos Oliva

Riberí, Diango Vargas Martín, Gamil Rodríguez Cisneros, Miraida

Martín Calderín, Franklin Álvarez Fernández, Aracelio Ribeaux Noa,

Wilder Cervantes Cusa, Lázaro Barrera De los Santos, Yorquelia

Preval Ierrezuelo, Edgar Estrada Pérez, José Castillo Ríos, José Augusto Bueno Fuentes, Vladimir

Martín Castellanos, Noilín Marín Venet, Amado Torres Montalbán y

Bárbaro Trezul Verdecia. (Various organizations)

03/01/15

Bayamo

Yudisbel Roselló Mojena, Ivania Rodríguez Rodríguez, Yanelkis Gallardo García y Damaris García

González. (Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

03/01/15 Holguín

Rosa María Naranjo Nieves y Katiuska Rodríguez Rodríguez.

(Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

03/01/15

Palma Soriano, Santiago de Cuba

Magda Onelvis Mendoza Díaz, Denia Fernández Rey, Yenisleidys

Peralta Álvarez, Yanet Figueredo Cruz, Gladys Peralta Álvarez, Marielis Manzano Carballo, Olga

Lidia La O Figueredo, Elsa Litsy Isaac Reyes, María Lina Perdomo

Durán, María Caridad Dobarro Digzan, Onelis Calderín Alvarado,

Detained 2 hours by political police after attending Sunday

mass.

(34)

Yuneisy Amaya Arias y Lorena Gondres de la Rosa.

(Damas de Blanco)

03/01/15 Mayabeque Mayelín Peña Buillan y Yenisel Amore Aguilera. (Damas de Blanco)

Magalis Norvis

03/01/15 Havana Igdaris Pérez Ponceano.

(Dama de Blanco)

Magalis Norvis

03/01/15 Artemisa Mirta Ricardo Tornet.

(Dama de Blanco) Detained 7 hours by political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass.

Magalis Norvis

03/01/15 Ciego de Ávila Mailén Cruz Maidique Dominó. (Dama de Blanco)

Magalis Norvis

03/02/15 Havana Ramón Mora Hernández

(Unión por Cuba Libre)

Detained for 2 hours by political police for reading a foreign newspaper at a public park.

Carlos Manuel Pupo

03/02/15 Santa Clara Mildrey Agüero Torres, Orestes Machado Calderón, Pedro Antonio

Padilla Aguilar, Yandy Martín Peraza, Mavis González Tapanes,

Landyleisy González Conyedo, Cindia Cuella Chávez, Yoel Hernández Jiménez, Leidy Contreras

Ruíz, Daily Villavicencio Jurajura, Yuriet Pedroso Hernández y

Damarys Moya Portieles. (Coalición Central Opositora)

Detained by political police on their way to the municipal police

station to demand justice for a dissident.

Damarys Portielles Moya

(35)

03/03/15

Havana Sonia Caridad González Mejías y Melkis Faure Hechevarría (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained 5 hours by political police for demanding the freedom

of political prisoners.

03/04/15 Caibarién, Villa Clara

Carlos Michael Morales Rodríguez

(Blogger and independent journalist)

Detained and threatened 6 hours by political police for publicly protesting and distributing flyers.

Iván Hernández Carillo

03/04/15 Havana Rebeca Rojas Ullán.

(CAPPF) Detained 3 hours at a police

station for being presumed to film a municipal building.

Regla Ríos Casado

03/04/15 Havana Armando Peraza Hernández.

(Nuevo Partido Revolucionario

Cubano)

Detained 1 hour by political police for criticizing arbitrary arrests. He

was fined $200.

Raúl Luis Risco Pérez

03/05/15 Perico, Matanzas Félix Navarro Rodríguez

(Partido por la Democracia) Detained 2 hours by police and interrogated for being under the suspicion of anti-government

signs.

03/06/15 Alquízar, Artemisa María Dolores Miranda Figarte, Yordanis Rosabal, Yosdany Blanco Hernández, Luis Enrique Lazo Díaz and Dolores Eleine Muñiz Cabrera.

Detained 1 hour by political police and harassed for handing out flyers

about human rights.

Dolores Eleine Muñiz

03/07/15 Guanes,

Pinar del Río Rafael Hernández Blanco and Luis Esteban Hernández. (Nuevo Partido Revolucionario

Cubano)

Detained 6 hours by political police to keep them from attending

a meeting.

03/08/15 Cárdenas, Matanzas Leticia Ramos Herrería and Hortensia Alfonso Vega

(Damas de Blanco)

Harassed by political police and pro-government mobs when

leaving Sunday mass.

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03/08/15 Holguín

Maidolis Leiva Portelles, Ada Iris Miranda Leyva, Dagmaris García González y Yanelkis Pichardo

( Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

03/08/15 Bayamo, Granma Xiomara Montes de Oca Mediacejas,

Yudisbel Roselló Mojena and Emiliano González Olivera. (Damas de Blanco and a guest)

Arturo Acosta

03/08/15

Santiago de Cuba José Daniel Ferrer García, Samuel Leblanc Pavón, Vladimir Martín

Castellanos, Bárbaro Tresol Verdecia, Davis Fernández Cardoso, Yoandri Betancourt Castellanos, Evelio Fernández Salazar, Yoel Fernández Cardoso,

Eduardo Fernández Cardoso, Alexander Otero Rodríguez, Ángel

Yunier Remón Arzuaga, Héctor Velázquez Gómez, David González

Pérez, Vladimir Alarcón Mora, Romni Lahera Pérez, Maylín Isaac

Sánchez, Lorenzo Malesú Isaac, Ernesto Tamayo Guerra, Carlos Oliva Riverí, Ernesto Oliva Torres,

Carlos Rafael Torres Romero, Alexeis Martínez Vaillant, Magalis

Rivaflecha Torres, Yander Martínez Sánchez, Cristina Vedey González, Beatriz Saborit Giraudi, Damir Rodríguez Cisneros, Miraida

Martín Calderín, Franklin Álvarez Hernández, Ernesto Roberto Riverí

Detained 6 hours by political police to prevent them from attending Sunday mass at El

Cobre.

(37)

Gascón, Onel Nápoles Fernández, Lázaro Romero Hurtado, Aníbal Ribeaux Figueredo, Nailé Martín Benet, Alexei Pécora Rabel, Bianco

Vargas Martín, Diango Vargas Martín, Yunaisy Carracedo Milanés, Paula Girón Castro, Yunaisis Martínez Céspedes,

Graciela

Domínguez Girón, Mileydis Gómez Pérez, Mercedes Moya Isaac, Isolina Reyes Consuegra, Milagros Leyva Ramírez, Yamila Dinza Rodríguez,

Eduviges Isaac Ramírez, Niurka Carmona Carmona, Soridaris Arias Almenares, Yoandra Benítez Guaso,

Yanet Díaz Santiago, Tania Oliva Garcón, Rosa María Santana Barrera,

Dionesey Jiménez Reina, Pedro Campa Almenares, Yeroslandy Calderín Alvarado, Geordanis Muñoz Guerrero, Adael Muñoz

Guerrero, Esquizander Benítez Moya, Rulisán Ramírez Rodríguez,

Juan Carlos Figueroa Coda, Laudelino Rodríguez Mendoza, Ruberlandis Ávila González, Ramón Chan Díaz, Daniel Rodríguez Peraza,

Eddy Soca Bolaños, Dagneris Moya Isaac, Yasmani Magaña Díaz, Rubén

Alvarado Reyes, José Amaury Avelenda Hierrezuelo, Roberto Perdomo Fuentes, Leonardo Cobas

(38)

Andrés Torres Roldán, Osmay Vázquez Aranda, Yosvany García

Rusindo, Roberto Ayala Galindo, Roberto Almaguer González, Víctor Campa Almenares, Marioldi Delgado

Moreno, Ricardo Guzmán Calzado, Jairo Correa Capote, Omar Irán Peña

López, Eliecer Quintana Suárez, Yanni Núñez Navarro, Ernesto Torres Velarte, Erlis Teyes Limonta,

Eddy Teyes Limonta, Arisbel Mustelier Osorio, Roberto González

Feria and Ángel Lino Isaac Luna (Various organizations)

03/09/15 Aguada de

Niurvis La Rosa Hernández

(Dama de Blanco) Pressured to change her address to her husband’s current address.

03/10/15 Trinidad,

Sancti Spíritus (Confederación de Trabajadores Jorge Ramírez Calderón. Independientes de Cuba)

Detained 1 hour by political police for taking pictures of a public

road. Jorge Ramírez Calderón 03/10/15 Aguada de Pasajeros, Cienfuegos

Juan Alberto de la Nuez Ramírez (Movimiento Ciudadanos Reflexión

y Reconciliación)

Detained 4 hours for peacefully protesting in front of a police

station.

03/10/15 Guanajay, Artemisa Dolores Eleine Muñiz Cabrera.

(Unión Patriótica de Cuba) Detained by political police to confiscate printouts about human

rights and democracy.

Dolores Eleine Muñiz

03/10/15

Havana Emilio Gotardi Gotardi

(Confederación de Trabajadores

Questioned by the political police about his trip to Latin America.

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03/11/15 Aguada de Pasajeros, Cienfuegos

Midaisy Marrero Gil (Dama de Blanco)

Bottles thrown at her home overnight for being a Lady in

White

03/11/15 Havana David Piloto Barceló.

(Movimiento La Fuerza de la

Verdad)

Detained 2 hours by political police for distributing flyers about

civil rights.

David Piloto Barceló

03/13/15 Calimete, Matanzas Lázara Rodríguez Rotteta. (Dama de Blanco)

Pro-government mobs threw rocks at her house for being a Lady in White.

03/15/15 Bayamo Arianna Sánchez Bandourt,

Yudisbel Roselló Mojena, Xiomara Montes de Oca Mediacejas, Ileana

Rodríguez Rodríguez, Yanelkis Gallardo García, Lidia Rodríguez

(Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

03/15/15 Aguada de

Milaisy Marrero Gil, Niurvis La Rosa Hernández.

(Damas de Blanco)

Harassed by political police to prevent them from attending

Sunday mass in Colón.

03/15/15

Candelaria, Artemisa

Carlos Airán González. (Nuevo Partido Revolucionario

Cubano)

Detained by political police for being under suspicion of hanging

posters and was fined.

03/15/15 Havana Rosario Morales de la Rosa, Leonor Reynold Borges, Yanelis Cutiño Martínez, Nancy Ramona Zamora Paz, Zuleidys Pérez Velázquez, Marlene Abreu Almaguer, Margarita Laborde Chang, Yasiquelin Sánchez, Regla Ríos Casado, Yanisel Boza Garrido,

Detained by political police after mass to prevent them from carrying out a march. They were

each abandoned in different municipalities.

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Rebeca Rojas Ullán, Yaneisy Herrera Cabrales, Yurineisy Alemán Ferrera, Yordanka Weeb Barquinery, Yunisel Gainza Acosta, Kirenia Jiménez Molina, Mileisy Díaz Ceija, Marlene Ricardo Aguilar, Elsa Sarduy Saleme, Margarita Rodríguez Díaz, Yoana de la Cruz García, Yanelis Ferrá Fernández, Niurka Herrera Aleyé, Luz Marina Parada Licea, Marlen Alfonso Parada, Zulema Lay Sangroni, Raquel Castillo Urquiza, Marlene Perdigón, Mayelín

Rodríguez Batista, Dania Virgen García García, Ana Margarita Sudoroso, Lissette Valle García-Artíles, David Águila Montero y Alejandro Yáñez.

(Various organizations)

03/15/15 Santiago de Cuba José Daniel Ferrer García, Jorge Cervantes García, Iriade Hernández

Aguilera, Maylin Isaac Sánchez, Lorenzo Malesú Isaac, Vladimir Martín Calderín, Ricardo Guzmán

Calzado, Yanni Núñez Naranjo, Arisbel Mustelier Osorio, Alexander Otero Rodríguez, Ángel Yunier Ramón Arzuaga, Diannelis Salazar Toledo, Vladimir Aguilera Alarcón, Roberto González Feria,

Ernesto Tamayo Guerra, Onel Nápoles Fernández, Carlos Oliva

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Riverí, Ernesto Oliva Torres, Alexei Martínez Vaillant, José Augusto Bueno Fuentes, Carlos

Rafael Torres Romero, Lázaro Barrera de los Santos, Amado Torres Montalbán, Yoandri Betancourt Castellanos, Alexei Pécora Rabel, Yander Martínez Sánchez, Lázaro Romero Hurtado, Aníbal Ribeaux Figueredo, Miraida

Martín Calderín , Alexei Vargas Martín, Bianco Vargas Martín,

Diango Vargas Martín, David Fernández Cardoso, Yoel Fernández Cardoso, Jesús Manuel Duputey Ferrer, Evelio Fernández Salazar, Idunni Garcés Rodríguez,

Franklin Álvarez Hernández, Ernesto Roberto Riverí Gascón, Lisandra Miranda Suárez, Lorena Paumier Fuentes, Lázaro Curbelo Mejías, Samuel Leblanc Pavón,

Yorquelia Preval Hierrezuelo, Wilder Cervantes Cuza, Damir

Rodríguez Cisneros, Doraisa Correoso Pozo, José Roberto Núñez

Paumier, Eduardo Fernández Cardoso, Graciela Domínguez Girón, Maidolis Oribe Perdomo, Mileidy Maceo Quiñones, Mileidy Gómez Pérez, Moraima Pérez Díaz,

Josefa Casanova Moreno, Rubén Alvarado Reyes, Rubén Torres

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Saíz, Yasmani Magaña Díaz, Roberto Perdomo Fuentes, Roilán

Álvarez Renzoler, José Amauri Avelenda Hierrezuelo, Julio César

Salazar Salinas, Maikel García Domínguez, Doily Pupo Estrada, Leonardo Cobas Pérez, Rubislandy

Ávila González, Luis Isaac Morales, Abram Cabrera Torres,

Solidaris Arias Almenares, Yaneisis Tesidor Hernández, Niurka Carmona Carmona, Yenisel

Jiménez Reyna, Mercedes Moya Isaac, Paula Arcelio Girón Castro,

Yunaisis Carracedo Milanés, Yunaisy Martínez Céspedes, Yanet

Díaz Santiago, Isolina Reyes Consuegra, Milagros Leiva Ramírez, Yoandra Benítez Guazo,

Yurisleidys López Pérez, Yamila Dinza Rodríguez, Geordanis

Muñoz Guerrero, Roberto Almaguer González, Gilberto Hernández La O. Ronel López Hernández, Ángel Lino Isaac Luna,

Marioldis Delgado Romero, Adael Muñoz Guerrero, Pedro Campa Almenares, Roberto Ayala Galindo,

Héctor García Rio, Naldo Antonio Ramos Alcántara, Daineris Moya

García, Yeroslandy Calderín Alvarado, Esquisander Benítez Moya, Yosvany García Rusindo,

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Rulizán Ramírez Rodríguez, Osmay Vázquez Aranda, Víctor

Campa Almenares and Alexei Serrano

(Various organizations) 03/15/15 Boyeros, Havana Carlos Manuel Pupo Rodríguez,

José Elías González Agüero, Agustín Figueroa, Jimmy Enrique Torres, Miladys Pelier Marzo, Félix

Cruz, Boris A Osorio, Niurka Despaigne and Caridad García

(Various organizations)

Detained 4 hours by National police to prevent them from attending a meeting. They were later abandoned outside of the city.

Carlos Manuel Pupo Rodríguez

03/19/15 Havana Carlos Manuel Figueroa Álvarez.

(Antorcha Martiana)

Detained 3 hours by political police for protesting against police

harassment. Mario Driggs Echeverría-Carlos Manuel Figueroa Álvarez 03/19/15 Trinidad , Sancti Spíritus

Jorge Ramírez Calderón (Confederación de Trabajadores

Detained 1 hour for refusing to let the police register his book bag as

he emerged from a meeting.

03/19/15 Havana Lázaro Fresneda Fernández

(UNPACU)

Detained for hours by political police for speaking to muslin

foreigners belonging to the

Comunidad Islámica de Cuba.

Mario Hechavarría

03/19/15 Santa Clara Marvelis González Reyes, Josefa Oramas García, Yilian Morales Fernández, Cristo Rivera Ríos, Frank Yoanny González López,

Lutgardo Benítez Pérez, David Bustamante Rodríguez, Natividad

Blanco Carrera, Mileidys Reyes Fernández, Rolando Ferrer Espinosa, Ramón Arbolay Abreu,

Detained 1-8 hours by political police when marching in defense

of human rights. They were harassed by pro-government mobs.

Ramón Jiménez Arencibia

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Raúl López Pérez, Márquez Armenteros Oramas, Yilian Oramas

García, Jorge Luís Artíles Montiel, Nilo Gilbert Arencibia, María

Arango Peñalver, Bayamín Villavicencio Hernández, Celestino

Hernández Gutiérrez, Idalberto González Pérez, Miguel Fariñas Key, María del Carmen Rodríguez,

Digna Rodríguez Ibáñez, Hanoi Almeida Pérez, Haymeé Moya Montes de Oca, Carlos Fernández

Arbolay, Yaima Villavicencio Hernández, Frank Reyes López, Antonio Colina Márquez, Omar Núñez Espinosa and Guillermo

Fariñas Hernández. ( FANTU)

03/20/15 Havana Alberto Ramírez Baró, Miguel

Ángel Martínez Ruano and Raúl Bueno Aguilera

(Comité Ciudadanos Defensores de

los Derechos Humanos)

Detained by political police and interrogated about the radios that had been given to them at a SINA

sponsored class. Alberto de la Caridad Ramírez- Juan Goberna 03/20/15 Caimanera, Guantánamo

Yeider Fuentes Arias, Alejandro Riquenes and Yosmany Clark (Unión Patriótica de Cuba)

Detained 24 hours by political police for showing solidarity to a

neighbor that was going to unjustly have his power cut.

Arturo Acosta

03/20/15 Havana Reinaldo Abreu Alfonso

(Movimiento Opositores por una

Nueva República)

Detained and interrogated for days by political police and later deported from Holguín for being a

dissident.

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03/21/15 Banes,

Holguín Arelis Palacios Alcina, Niurka Cruz Cruz and Marexi Lauzao Tamayo.

(Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

03/21/15 Arroyo Naranjo,

Havana

Augusto Guerra Márquez and Osvaldo Herrera Hernández. (Fundación Frank País)

Detained 5-7 hours by political police to prevent them from

attending a meeting.

Augusto Guerra Márquez

03/21/15 Palmarito de Cauto,

Santiago de Cuba Maximiliano Sánchez Perera, José Amaury Abeledo Hierrezuelo and Oria Josefa Casanova Moreno.

Homes were vandalized by pro-government individuals wearing

masks.

Maximiliano Sánchez Perera

03/21/15 Ciego de Ávila Mailén Maidique Cruz. (Dama de Blanco)

Magalis Norvis Otero

03/21/15 Havana Alberto Ramírez Baró, Alberto

Ramírez Odio, Leonardo Ramírez Odio, Miguel Ángel Martínez Ruano and Raúl Bueno Aguilera

(Activistas de la Oposición)

Detained for hours on their way to Santiago de Cuba.

José Alberto Álvarez

03/22/15 Holguín Rosa María Naranjo Nieves,

Katiuska Rodríguez Rodríguez, Ada Iris Miranda Leiva, Maidolis Leiva Portelles and Mailín Ricardo

(Damas de Blanco)

Arturo Acosta

03/22/15 Manzanillo,

Granma

Maricel Vázquez Escalona, Antonio Vázquez Escalona andMaricel Escalona Rondón

(Red de Comunicadores

Comunitarios)

Detained for hours by political police. Two of them were

physically hurt.

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03/22/15 Santiago de Cuba Carlos Oliva Riverí, Ricardo Jiménez Sánchez, Liset Nápoles Hechavarría, Ernesto Oliva Torres,

Arianne Pérez Giraudi, Ricardo Torres Hernández, Carlos Torres

Romero, Alexander Martínez Sánchez, Alexander Otero Rodríguez, Mailyn Isaac Sánchez,

Cristina Vedey Sánchez, Dianelis Salazar Toledo, Lieter Reyes Tur, Jorge Cervantes García, Magda Ferrer Cantillo, Miraida Martín

Calderín, Enrique Figueroa Miranda, Damaris Rodríguez Ramos, Lisandra Rivero Rodríguez,

Doraisa Correoso Pozo, Mailyn Martín Benet, Onel Nápoles Fernández, Franklin Álvarez Fernández, Ángel Frómeta Lobaina,

Lázaro Romero Hurtado, Ernesto Riverí Gascón, Alexis Vargas Martín, Diango Vargas Martín,

Bianco Vargas Martín, Aníbal Ribeaux Figueredo, Ovidio Martín

Castellanos, Erick Díaz Guerrero, Lorenzo Malezú Isaac, Eliades Hernández Aguilera, Carlos Oliva Torres, José Daniel Ferrer García, Samuel Leblanc Pavón, Ernesto Tamayo Guerra, Roberto Formigo Ortíz, Fernando González Vaillant, Yordanis Chávez Roll, José Castillo

Ríos, Andro Ríos Ross, Héctor

Santuario de El Cobre.

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Velázquez Gómez, Rafael Molina Rodríguez, Lisandra Miranda Suárez, Lorena Paumier Fuentes, Zenaida Chang Santana, Bárbaro Rensoler Verdecia, Yamil Ramírez

Cisneros, Alfaro Chaviano Rivas, José Núñez Paumier, Yoel Fernández Cardoso, Gilberto

Hernández La O, Roberto Almaguer González, Roberto Ayala

Galindo, Héctor García Ríos, Leandro Ramos Alcántara, Abel Muñoz Guerrero, Marielis Delgado

Romero, Rulizán Ramírez Rodríguez, Daunieris Moya García,

Pedro Campa Almenares, Yosvani García Rusindo, Roilán Álvarez

Rensoler, Roberto Perdomo Fuentes, Paula Girón Castro, Yenisel Jiménez Reyna, Yanislay

Dinza Rodríguez, Yurisleydy Milanés Céspedes, Solidaris Áreas Almenares, Ángel Lino Isaac Luna, Juan Carlos Figueroa Calas, Yordis

Pupo Estrada, Graciela García Domínguez, Isolina Reyes Consuegra, Milagros Leyva Ramírez, Yanet Díaz Santiago, Omay Vázquez Avanda, Laudelino

Rodríguez Mendoza, Tania Oliva Chacón, Rosa María Santana Barrera, Yurisleidys López Pérez,