Representatives of the Ladies in White continue to be arbitrarily detained in Cuba, usually for several hours each weekend, solely for exercising their rights to freedom of expression and peaceful assembly.

They remain one of the primary targets of repression by the authorities and their arrests are often accompanied by severe beatings by law enforcement officials and state security agents dressed as civilians.

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