[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 158 (2012), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 16625]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




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                         DENOUNCE CASTRO REGIME

  (Mr. RIVERA asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute and to revise and extend his remarks.)
  Mr. RIVERA. Yesterday, December 10, marked the 60th anniversary of 
International Human Rights Day. As usual, the Castro dictatorship 
demonstrated its brutal nature. Cuban state police violently arrested 
more than 100 dissidents and put another 100 to 150 under house arrest. 
Among those detained were about 80 members of the Ladies in White 
organization, a human rights organization that peacefully seeks change 
in Cuba. Many of them were arrested on their way to mass to celebrate 
at our Lady of Charity Basilica in the eastern town of El Cobre. About 
45 Ladies in White were arrested in Havana, following their traditional 
march outside the Santa Rita Church after Sunday mass. Thirty-four 
Ladies in White were detained with violence as they tried to make their 
way to church.
  Mr. Speaker, once again, I call on President Obama, the Obama 
administration, and the international community to denounce and condemn 
the terrorist Castro dictatorship's human rights abuses and continue to 
push for democratic change on that imprisoned island nation.

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