Anti-communist dissidents throughout Cuba organized a campaign on Wednesday, the anniversary of the nation’s independence from Spain, praying for divine intervention to free the island and calling for President Donald Trump to aid their cause.
The campaign consisted of Cubans on the island holding up signs in public reading “God Save Cuba, SOS Trump.” Such public displays of support for the American president and opposition to the Communist Party are highly dangerous under the Castro regime, which violently punishes any perceived defense. The Party regularly engages in public beatings of dissidents and mass arrests of individuals suspected to oppose the government, many of them charged with dubious “crimes” such as “disrespect” and “public disorder.” Political prisoners, human rights activists have documented for decades, are subject to extreme torture and starvation.
The “SOS Trump” campaign follows a resurgence in civil unrest in the country, despite the risks incurred in
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