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National Public Radio
| over 1 year ago
Her group carries out the only officially tolerated act of public protest in Cuba. It happens on Sundays, when the Ladies in White gather for mass at the Santa Rita church in Havana. After a prayer, a few dozen of the women walk out and march in...
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Canadian Free Press
| over 1 year ago
Laura Pollan, the leader of the Ladies in White, has just died in Cuba Laura Pollan, the leader of the Ladies in White, has just died in Cuba in circumstances less than clear. She was a common Cuban, someone who didn't even consider going political;...
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Scoop
| over 1 year ago
She was a courageous human rights defender who fought valiantly on behalf of political prisoners in Cuba. Cuba has lost one of its most important voices of conscience. We offer our sincere condolences to her family, which has lost a loyal wife and...
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Tulsa World
| over 1 year ago
20 inmates die, 12 injured in prison riot Officials say fighting among inmates at a prison in the Mexican border city of Matamoros left 20 prisoners dead and 12 injured before law enforcement officials could restore order.
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Zee News
| over 1 year ago
Cuba's Ladies in White mourn leader, vow to go on Havana: Late "Ladies in White" leader Laura Pollan was remembered on Saturday with a simple altar in her home in the crumbling Central Havana neighbourhood and vows that the dissident group she...
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The New Zealand Herald
| over 1 year ago
Cuba's tiny dissident community gathered on Saturday to mourn the loss of one of its most prominent leaders, Ladies in White founder and leader Laura Pollan, who for years made her home a headquarters for planning protests against the communist...
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The New York Times
| over 1 year ago
Laura Pollan Toledo, a former high school Spanish teacher who became one of Cuba 's most public dissidents as she led other wives of political prisoners in protest every Sunday, died in a Havana hospital on Friday, her family and other dissidents...
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Reuters
| over 1 year ago
Analysis & Opinion The Ladies in White, a group made up of family members of imprisoned dissidents, stand around the coffin of Laura Pollan at a funeral home in Havana October 14, 2011. Late "Ladies in White" leader Laura Pollan was remembered on...
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San Diego Union-Tribune
| over 1 year ago
Cuba's tiny dissident community is mourning the loss of one of its most prominent leaders. Family members, government opponents and diplomats are passing through the home of Laura Pollan to pay their respects to the late founder of the Ladies in...
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United Press International
| over 1 year ago
Laura Pollan, who helped found the Cuban dissident group Ladies in White, died Friday at a Havana hospital, her daughter said...Pollan, who was hospitalized several days ago for a respiratory complication, died of a heart attack at Calixto Garcia...
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Moreover Silicon Valley
| over 1 year ago
Laura Pollan, one of the founders of the dissident group Ladies in White, has died in a Havana hospital at the age of 63, fellow dissidents on Friday. Family members could not be reached, but Pollan's longtime co-leader of the women's group confirmed...
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Newyork Times
| over 1 year ago
Cuban dissident Laura Pollan, who founded the opposition group Ladies in White and for nearly a decade staged weekly protest marches with other wives of political prisoners to press for their release, died Friday, fellow dissidents said...Elizardo...
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BBC
| over 1 year ago
Cuba 'Ladies in White' founder Laura Pollan dies Laura Pollan (centre) founded Ladies in White a decade ago The leader of the influential Cuban protest group, Ladies in White, has died in the capital, Havana. Laura Pollan, who was 63 years old, had...
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AP Online
| over 1 year ago
Cuban dissident Laura Pollan, who founded the opposition group Ladies in White and for nearly a decade staged weekly protest marches with other wives of political prisoners to press for their release, died Friday, according to leading dissidents. She...
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Washington Post
| over 1 year ago
The daughter of the hospitalized founder of the Cuban dissident group known as the Ladies in White says her mother has received a tracheotomy to help her breathe. Laura Labrada tells The Associated Press that 63-year-old Laura Pollan is still in...
