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A Time to Remember Cuba’s Ladies in White Movement

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Cuba's Ladies in White Movement

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…

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