Wifes and mothers of jailed Cuban dissidents walk in silence in Havana April 27, 2003, after a mass in the church of Santa Rita to protest the emprisonment of their husbands and sons, recently sentenced to long prison terms in the harshest political repression in decades in Cuba. The jailing of the 75 dissidents, human rights activist and independent journalists, accused by Cuban government of conspiring with the United States to undermine Cuban revolution, brought an outpouring of international criticism. REUTERS/Rafael Perez
Wifes and mothers of jailed Cuban dissidents walk in silence in Havana April 27, 2003, after a mass in the church of Santa Rita to protest the emprisonment of their husbands and sons, recently sentenced to long prison terms in the harshest political repression in decades in Cuba. 'We are here to pray and protest the unfair jailing of our husbands and sons,' said Blanca Reyes (in the center of the picture), wife of poet and independent journalist Raul Rivero, sentenced to 20 years of jail. The jailing of the 75 dissidents, human rights activist and independent journalists, accused by Cuban government of conspiring with the United States to undermine Cuban revolution, brought an outpouring of international criticism. REUTERS/Rafael Perez