hub.witness.org - 8/18/2008
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Freedom of opinion & expression Cuba , Freedom of Assembly , freedom of expression , Freedom of Speech , racism Iris Tamara Pérez Aguilera, a Cuban human rights activist faces trial on Wednesday August 20, 2008 on charges of with "contempt for the proper authorities." If imprisoned, she will become Cuba's newest prisoner of conscience. She is married to Jorge Luis García Pérez "Antúnez," a ...
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A Great Couple, in Peril
The Corner on National Review Online —
... unyielding man. His wife, Iris, is his equal. And she herself now faces imprisonment. It started when she asked the Revolutionary Police to stop beating a man and take him to the hospital. The police called her a black monkey, among other lovely things. The sheer racism of the Cuban regime is very little known off the shores of that island. Of course, a lot of things about Cuba are not very well known. If you d like to read about Iris P rez Aguilera and her current predicament, go here or ...
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Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator —
... unyielding man. His wife, Iris, is his equal. And she herself now faces imprisonment. It started when she asked the Revolutionary Police to stop beating a man and take him to the hospital. The police called her a "black monkey," among other lovely things. The sheer racism of the Cuban regime is very little known off the shores of that island. Of course, a lot of things about Cuba are not very well known. If you'd like to read about Iris Perez Aguilera and her current predicament, go here or ...
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