Cuba: Remembering founder of Ladies in White movement
The ashes of Laura Pollan, the talismanic leader of Cuba's Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White) human rights movement, were recently laid to rest under a pine...
Cuba’s ‘Ladies in White’ targeted with arbitrary arrest and intimidation
The Cuban authorities must end their intimidation of a group of women campaigning for the release of political prisoners,...
World Report 2015: Rights Trends in World Report 2015: Cuba
The Cuban government continues to repress dissent and discourage public criticism. While in recent years it has relied less on long-term prison sentences to...
Cuba's Damas de Blanco, Going to Jail in Spotlight of Obama's Visit
For Berta Soler, a founding member and elected leader of Damas de Blanco, says they fight for freedom for political prisoners,...
US Support for Las Damas de Blanco in Cuba
Las Damas de Blanco (The Ladies in White) is a peaceful civic movement of wives and female relatives advocating for the release of jailed political protestors...
Cuban Government Persecutes Ladies in White and Detains 226 Opposition Leaders
Washington. In response to the arrest of human rights activists in Cuba, Freedom House issued the following statement:.
Cuba arrests Ladies in White
The 'Damas de Blanco,' a group of Cuban women seeking the release of political prisoners, held a protest in front of Raúl Castro's office...
Pablo Pacheco Avila: Damas de Blanco
The Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White) is a civil society organization founded by the mothers, spouses and daughters of dissidents who were imprisoned by Cuban...
2001 - 2010 | Laureates | Sakharov Prize
The Damas de Blanco (Ladies in White), also known as the Damas, stage weekly peaceful protest marches to demand democracy and the release of political...
Berta Soler Fernandez receives Lech Wałęsa Solidarity Prize
On 2 September 2025, Deputy Prime Minister Radosław Sikorski presented the Lech Wałęsa Solidarity Prize in Miami. This year's prize went to...
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Women-led Cuban opposition group formed by relatives of jailed dissidents; notable for peaceful marches and campaigning for human rights and political prisoners.