Press Statement (Revised)
Adam Ereli, Deputy Spokesman
Washington, DC
July 23, 2005

End the Repression in Cuba

Yesterday, July 22, the Cuban government arrested Rene Gomez Manzano and detained at least a dozen members of the Asamblea para Promover la Sociedad Civil (Asamblea), including Marta Beatriz Roque, the group’s president. Their only crime was attempting to exercise their basic human rights and freedoms.

There are also credible reports that the homes of dozens of activists were surrounded by government-sponsored mobs, which used threats and intimidation to prevent members of the Asamblea from joining their colleagues in a peaceful demonstration. Cuban state security officials warned these activists to stay inside and not to leave their homes.

We call on the Cuban government to end this deplorable repression and immediately free all of those arrested. We urge other countries to join us in condemning these acts.

2005/723

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