Libertad para Sonia Garro Alfonso and Ramon Alejandro Munoz Gonzalez

Sonia Garro Alfonso, from the Cuban Pacifist Movement Women in White and her husband, Ramón Alejandro Muñoz González, Human Right activist have been arrested since the last March 18. They have been transferred to a maximum security prison without trial.

The opponents and activists for racial equality were arrested at their home after their house was stormed by Ministry of Interior Special Troops. (Also known as Black Wasps) This Special Troops through Munoz Gonzalez from the second floor and shot Garro Alfonso in her leg with a rubber bullet in Marianao, Habana Cuba.

Sonia Garro Alfonso also belongs to Cuban Independent Organizations for the Civil Rights. She leads an Independent Cultural Center where her husband does work with children from this marginal neighborhood. Sonia has been arrested for her activities several times, but she was released after a few days. During one of Sonia’s longer arrests periods, her husband Ramon, who is considered a peaceful, big, man and a former Afro-Cuban dancer, climbed to the roof of his half-built house with a machete in hand as symbol of slavery freedom and claimed freedom for his wife. This protest was recorded and posted on You Tube.

The couple has been transferred to jail without trail.

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Sonia Garro Alfonso, del Movimiento Pacifista Cubano Damas de Blanco y su esposo Ramón Alejandro Muñoz González, activista for los Derechos Humanos han sido arrestados desde el pasado 18 de Marzo y han sido transferidos a una cárcel de máxima seguridad sin previo juicio.

Los opositores y activistas por las igualdades raciales fueron arrestados en su casa, después que ésta fuera asaltada por las Fuerzas de Tropas Especiales (conocidas como las Avispas Negras) que tiraron a Muñoz Gonzáles desde el segundo piso y le dispararon una bala de goma a Garro Alfonso en su propia casa en Marianao, Habana Cuba.

Sonia Garro Alfonso pertenece a diferentes Organizaciones Independientes por los Derechos Civiles de Cuba. También dirige un Centro Cultural Independiente donde su esposo trabaja con niños de barrios marginales. Sonia ha sido arrestada varias veces por sus actividades y ha sido liberada algunos dias después. Durante un arresto más prolongado y al ver que Sonia no era liberada, su esposo Ramón, considerado un hombre grande y pacífico y ex-bailador de danzas Afro-cubanas, se subió al techo de su casa a medio construir y con machete en mano como símbolo de libertad de esclavos pidio libertad para su esposa.

Esta protesta fue grabada y descargada en You Tube.
La pareja ha sido transferida a una carcel sin juicio.