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In a democracy, people can disagree. They can march to protest their government, they can chastise their elected officials in public forums, they can walk down the street carrying placards voicing their opinions.
They can do all those things and as long as they aren’t rioting, the police will respect their fundamental human rights.
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Once again, the Cuban regime has notched up its police state to break up peaceful protests by the Ladies in White — the wives, mothers, daughters, aunts, sisters and cousins of political prisoners. Leading the march was the mother of
The Ladies vow to continue their weeklong marches in commemoration of the 2003 “”Black Spring”” when
On Wednesday, the Ladies were again punched, kicked and dragged to government vans from their walk down the streets of
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Only a concerted effort by democratic governments — from the left and the right — can show