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Cuban Regime Breaks up Human Rights March by Gay Activists Havana. June 25, 2008. Cuban Democratic Directorate. Several groups of activists who support the human rights of Cuban homosexuals attempted to stage a peaceful march to the Ministry of Justice in The march was scheduled to begin in the City of “There has been a crackdown against the homosexual community. Our interest in conducting a peaceful march such as those conducted anywhere in the world has been manipulated and repressed” stated Janjaque Chivás by telephone to the Cuban Democratic Directorate. The organizations supporting the march included the Cuban Comission for the Human Rights of Homosexuals and Persons with HIV, the Cuban League against AIDS, the Elena Mederos Foundation, Cuban Reinaldo Arenas Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Memorial Foundation, the Cuban Movement for Homosexual Liberation, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Cultural Center, and the Reinaldo Arenas Gay Political Prisoners Association among others, according to a report by independent journalist Carlos Serpa Maceira during a Radio República broadcast. “This was nothing more than a State Security operation. We are going to organize the march again in the coming days, and we wil try to carry it out again,” concluded Janjaque Chivás. Send by E-mail | Printable Version
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