Ladies in White | Foundation for Human Rights in Cuba

Ladies in White leader Berta Soler announces “recall referendum”

As reported in Translating Cuba and 14ymedio, “during a press conference Sunday afternoon, Berta Soler, leader of the Ladies in White, announced that a recall referendum would be held within the organization to define her continuity at the head of this Human...

Dagoberto Valdés: “Sowing seeds of democracy in Cuba”

In a special report for El Nuevo Herald, the Spanish language daily describes human rights activist and Catholic intellectual Dagoberto Valdés, as a man on a mission who, around the fertile sugar and tobacco fields of Guanajay, Cuba is “sowing seeds of democracy...

Performance artist Tania Bruguera meets with Ladies in White: Thanks them for support.

According to Diario de Cuba, performance artist Tania Bruguera participated last Sunday “during the weekly meeting of the Ladies in White at the end of their peaceful march down Fifth Avenue in Havana,” confirmed by Ladies in White leader Berta Soler.Soler...

Three Kings Day events benefit more than 1000 children across Cuba.

Between late December 2014 and early January 2015, The Ladies in White along with several other activist groups in Cuba organized multiple Three Kings Day events across the island, including Havana, Matanzas, Santiago de Cuba, Holguin, Palma Soriano, Guantanamo, and...

Dozens of Cuban activists detained on International Human Rights Day.

According to The Miami Herald, “Cuban police broke up a demonstration by about 30 dissidents in central Havana on International Human Rights Day, taking away some of them in cars.” El Nuevo Herald meanwhile reported that “dozens of activists from...