The Ladies in White, or Las Damas de Blanco, are a peaceful protest movement in Cuba.
After church, they walk silently through town to remind the government that they are still awaiting the release of their unjustly detained family members. To prevent this, the Cuban authorities detain members of the group every week during the hours of Sunday Mass.
They might be taken to a Department of State Security facility or a local police station. Or they might be forced to sit, hand-cuffed, inside a police vehicle parked in the sun with the windows rolled up and without access to water. They might be fined.
They might be allowed to leave the detention facility to go home, or they might be driven outside of urban areas and forced to find their own way home from remote locations.
Pray for the Ladies in White this week, taking a few names each day and asking God to guard their way.
- Give thanks for their courage and determination.
- Pray that their loved ones would be unconditionally released and returned home.
- Pray that the authorities would end their decades-long crackdown on these women, and would instead pour their resources and efforts into something good.
Berta Soler Fernández
Gladis Capote Roque
María Josefa Acon Sardiña
Marieta Martínez Aguilera
Yolanda Santana Ayala
Zenaida Hidalgo Cedeño
In Santa Clara (Villa Clara):
Marbelis González Reyes
Yaima Elena Pérez López
In Banes (Holguin):
Marexis Luzsao Tamayo
Yaimara Vargas Arango
In Cárdenas, Colón, Perico, and Unión de Reyes (Matanzas):
Amada Rosa Herrerías Rodríguez
Asunción Carrillo Hernández
Caridad Burunate Gómez
Elsa Osiris Castro Palau
Julia Silvia González Fundora
Lazara León Cabrera
Lazarahy Valido Cambert
Leticia Ramos Herrería
Marisol Socorro Fernández
Maritza Acosta Perdomo
Mayra García Álvarez
Mercedes De la Guardia Hernández
Mercedes de la Caridad Bacallao de la Guardia
Odalis Hernández Hernández
Ramona Terrero Batista
Rebeca Santos Hernández
Sonia Álvarez Campillo
Soraya Vicencio Campos
Yesenia Campillo García
Yudaixis Pérez Meneses