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Press Release: Appeal to world civic, religious and political leaders to help peaceful Cuban dissidents and oppose Cuban government violence targeting them. cubacenter.org/articles-and-e… #15NCuba #15NCubaLibre #Cuba 1/

Rights advocates, religious leaders, writers, artists, intellectuals, journalists, businessmen, fmr diplomats & academicians appeal to world civic, religious & political leaders to condemn Havana dictatorship's attempt to suppress & oppress civil society & undermine democracy. 2/

Among the signatories are Ambassador Everett Briggs, former U.S. ambassador to Portugal and Panama; Carlos Ponce, Senior Fellow and Director of Latin American Programs, Victims of Communism Memorial Foundation; cubacenter.org/articles-and-e… 3/

Mary Curtis Horowitz Chair, Horowitz Foundation for Social Policy; Ambassador Otto J. Reich, former U.S. Ambassador to Venezuela and currently president of the Center for a Free Cuba. cubacenter.org/articles-and-e… 4/

Also, among those signing, are: Paquito D'Rivera, composer and Grammy Award winner; Carlos Alberto Montaner, journalist and author; Carlos Eire, author, and professor at Yale University; cubacenter.org/articles-and-e… 5/

and Regis Iglesias Ramirez, spokesman, of the Christian Liberation Movement, a prisoner of conscience who spent seven years in a Cuban prison; and Reverend Mario Felix Lleonart Barroso, presbyter, founder and coordinator, Patmos Institute. cubacenter.org/articles-and-e… 6/