Rights in Cuba
Wednesday July 11, 2007. Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty.
Banner Flies over Concert Reminding Singer of His Past Activism for
Prisoners of Conscience
MIAMI--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Sting, the front man of the legendary rock band
The Police, was reminded by Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty of his
previous humanitarianism with a banner hired to fly over Dolphin Stadium
during the opening act of the group's July 10th Miami concert. The
banner read "S.O.S. THEY DANCE ALONE IN CUBA TOO," a reference to
Sting's song about human rights abuses in Pinochet's Chile. Photographs
are available at http://BUCL.org.
Sting, who worked with Amnesty International in the 1980s and that
group's efforts in denouncing human rights abuses in South Africa and
Chile, is reported to have accepted an invitation from the Castro regime
for The Police to play a concert in Havana, Cuba in December.
"We want the people of Cuba to enjoy The Police," said BUCL campaign
sponsor Ziva Sahl, "but we'd also like for Sting to use his prestige and
influence to help raise awareness of Cuba's political prisoners, like
the Afro-Cuban Doctor Oscar Elias Biscet."
Cuba's foreign minister recently denied to international media that Cuba
has political prisoners, yet Amnesty International currently recognizes
at least 69 Cuban prisoners of conscience while other organizations put
the number of political prisoners in Cuba at over 300.
"Sting's poignant song 'They dance alone' could have been written about
the Cuban 'Ladies in White,'" said Claudia Fanelli, also a BUCL campaign
sponsor. "Each Sunday these winners of the Sakharov Prize for Human
Rights proudly walk the streets of Havana displaying pictures of their
husbands, sons and brothers who are political prisoners. We just want
Sting to help bring recognition to the prisoners so these ladies won't
have to dance with 'invisible ones' anymore."
Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty is a confederation of blogs, web sites
and readers that pool resources and ideas for use in campaigns that
raise awareness of the Cuban reality.
Current campaign sponsor sites include: http://blogforcuba.typepad.com;
http://www.claudia4libertad.com; albertodelacruz.com;
http://marcmasferrer.typepad.com; jluix.com; therealcuba.com;
cubanology.com; ninetymilesaway.blogspot.com;
cubacompanioni.blogspot.com; lacontrarevolucion.blogspot.com;
kensieg.livejournal.com; nelsonguirado.com; abajofidel.blogspot.com;
babalublog.com; and CubanAmericanPundits.com.
Contact:
BUCL
Henry Gomez, 305-788-4766
hgomez@bucl.org
Source: Bloggers United for Cuban Liberty
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