Peaceful Demonstration Quashed

showing (again) that the official voice is the only one permitted in Cuba, government thugs broke up a peaceful demonstration in Havana this Sunday almost as soon as it began:

Scores of government supporters broke up a silent march by a small group of dissidents marking International Human Rights day on Sunday, roughing up participants and accusing them of being mercenaries and "worms."

The demonstration involving fewer than a dozen opponents in a public park in Havana's Vedado neighborhood was interrupted as soon as it began by burly men who pushed and surrounded participants.

"Long live Fidel and Raul!" the government loyalists chanted, referring to ailing leader Fidel Castro and his brother. "Down with the worms!"

"They are mercenaries!" some of the loyalists shouted of the dissidents.

Another silent opposition march was scheduled Sunday in the early afternoon by the Ladies in White, who march after Roman Catholic Mass every Sunday to call for the release of their husbands and other political prisoners held in Cuban jails.

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