Ladies in White

The Ladies in White [1] are the mothers, sisters and wives of the Cuban political prisoners, who were put in jail on March 2003 by the Cuban government because of expressing their ideas opposed to the regime. This period is called The Black Spring of Cuba.

Since that moment their relatives, the Ladies, started to ask for their freedom and for the freedom of all the Cuban political prisoners.

These women every Sunday walk along the 5 Avenue of Miramar, La Havana. They give flowers, they sing and they praying in order to getting their men are released.

The group brings together women of different faiths and ideologies, all over Cuba, united by a common goal: marching peacefully to demand the freedom of their husbands, fathers, sons and brothers.

The international public opinion has recognized and supported them in some occasions. On 2005, the European Union awarded them with the Sajarov prize of Human Rights. And on 2006, they won the Human Right First prize and the Pedro Luis Boitel prize.