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Three members of the Beirut family spent Christmas behind bars in Cuba, locked away for taking part in unprecedented protests against a communist regime notoriously intolerant of dissent
Three members of the Beirut family spent Christmas behind bars in Cuba, locked away for taking part in unprecedented protests against a communist regime notoriously intolerant of dissent.
Three members of the Beirut family spent Christmas behind bars in Cuba, locked away for taking part in unprecedented protests against a communist regime notoriously intolerant of dissent. They are among hundreds of people detained since July 11 last year, when spontaneous street protests in 50 cities saw thousands of people clamoring for change, chanting: “Freedom,” “Down with the dictatorship” and “We are hungry.” Now the axe is falling, with sentences of up to 30 years being handed down on charges ranging from public disorder to sedition. The family’s ordeal started on July 11,...
Three members of the Beirut family spent Christmas behind bars in Cuba, locked away for taking part in unprecedented protests against a communist regime notoriously intolerant of dissent.