Ladies in White (wives and relatives of Cuba's political prisoners)

The Ladies in White are perhaps the most visible group of dissidents in Cuba. They are the wives and mothers of political prisoners.
Each Sunday after Mass, they march through the centre of Havana, calling for their sons and husbands to be released.
They started their protests in 2003 during the Black Spring.
In 2005, they received the Sakharov Prize for freedom of thought from the European Parliament.
In late April, their protests were broken up by groups of pro-government supporters, who pushed the women off the street and shouted insults at them.
In June, the government agreed to stop harassing the Ladies in White during their weekly march.