Funeral of Laura Pollan is a time to reflect on the human rights work of the Ladies in White group

La Havana, Cuba – The ashes of Laura Pollan, the talismanic leader of Cuba’s Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White) human rights movement, were recently laid to rest under a pine tree on Havana’s Quinta Avenida. The former English and Spanish literature teacher had spent the last eight years of her life leading massive protests on…