**Wives and mothers of political prisoners’ in Cuba have again been prevented from marching in Havana.**Six women - known as the Ladies in White - were surrounded by an angry mob of pro-government supporters and then pushed off the street into a park.
The women stood silently for several hours as the crowd shouted insults and pro-revolutionary slogans.
The women, who are demanding freedom for their husbands and sons, were similarly treated last week.
They have been staging weekly marches in Havana for several years, but government loyalists began breaking up the protests earlier this month with the help of security officials.
Cuban officials say the women do not have a permit to march in the capital.
Until recently very few people in Cuba were aware of the Ladies in White, and there is still very little sympathy for their cause, the BBC’s Michael Voss in Havana reports.
But this sort of intimidation and violence is doing serious damage to Cuba’s reputation abroad, our correspondent adds.
The marches have been closely monitored by western diplomats, and the women have received verbal support from the United States and European Union.This article is from the BBC News website. © British Broadcasting Corporation, The BBC is not responsible for the content of external internet sites.
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