Cuban dissident Martha Beatriz Roque is seriously ill
Martha Beatriz Roque, a leading Cuban dissident who was arrested and imprisoned as part of the 2003 "Black Spring" crackdown, is seriously ill. The 64 year old has been on a hunger stike in spite of the fact that she suffers from diabetes and heart problems. She and other dissidents have been conducting a sit-in protest against the dictatorship at the home of dissident Vladimiro Roca, besieged by Cuban police and other communist sympathizers.
Marc has more here, and in Spanish, here, and here.
H/T: Dr. Gonzalez
One of the bravest people in Cuba. Her life has been a martyrdom. I pray to God that she recovers. Sidenote, as usual the New York Times has not said a word about this.