for decades has seen them beat the opponents, the Damas de Blanco, anyone who is accused of being an "enemy of the revolution.''Unpunished, on condition of anonymity. The troops Shock of the governments of Fidel and Raul Castro. But now their faces have names. Four Miami Cuban-American lawyers have launched the project, Cuba, repression ID to create a file with the names of police, security agents of the State and citizens who physically attack the opposition in Cuba.
"We look forward to a piece of protection and support those who are suffering,''said Wilfredo Allen on Friday, one of the promoters. "We also want to let people know they are abusing the defenseless in Cuba who can not act with impunity.''
The project, in collaboration with the program A Mano Limpia, conducted by journalist Oscar Haza on Channel 41 AmericaTeVe shows from Wednesday's videos organized acts of repudiation by the government and asks viewers to identify the attackers. The results will be filed by lawyers to make them available to interested institutions and individuals seek justice through courts and abroad.
"The medium is the message, ie a cell phone that can send information,''said Miguel Cossio, editorial director of Channel 41 news. "People have called a lot and the expectation is great.''
Both Allen and his colleagues Luis Fernandez Arena Santiago Alpizar and Ricardo Martinez-Cid believe that the initiative may help many within the island think twice before to attack a peaceful and defenseless opponents regardless of age or gender.
From Havana, the Ladies in White held the project. One of the activists, Berta Soler, told El Nuevo Herald is very good that the disclosure happens in Cuba. The group is composed of mothers, wives and relatives of political prisoners marching with flowers in hand, demanding the release of their own.
"Interviewing and taking a view of repression, the world can see that we are dealing with a dictator,''a totalitarian government, expanded Soler, who has been assaulted on several occasions." It's an initiative that serves greatly appreciate to spread the reality.''
The lawyers added that it is not a witch hunt, but a moral response to possible legal implications for the future of Cuba. In fact, human rights violations that threaten the integrity of persons are subject to laws and courts of international scope.
"Hitting a defenseless people is tantamount to torture,''Fernandez said." These abusers must be identified, because in the future can come to America and try to seek asylum as if nothing had happened.''
Haza said that with the development of internet and media, impunity is increasingly less space.
"Obviously it's an initiative with a message against impunity,''he said." The idea has legal basis and dissemination through the media.''
The last of these acts of repudiation occurred Sunday, when protesters mobilized by the government prevented the Damas de Blanco marched in the Havana.
By Juan Carlos Chavez - El Nuevo Herald.
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