Ladies in White

The Ladies in White [1] are the mothers, sisters and wives of the Cuban political prisoners who were put in jail in March 2003 by the Cuban government for 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, Havana. They give flowers, they sing and they pray in order to have their men 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.

International public opinion has recognized and supported them on some occasions. In 2005, the European Union awarded them with the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought. In 2006, they won the Human Rights First (formerly Lawyers' Committee for International Human Rights) prize and the Pedro Luis Boitel prize.

Film

Hablan las Damas (2008), Solidaridad Española con Cuba