Wednesday March 17,

Cuban government supporters harassed and shouted at members of the opposition group "Ladies in White" on Tuesday in Havana as the women marched in protest against the 2003 imprisonment of 75 dissidents. The women, numbering about two dozen and dressed in white, had to be protected by state security agents after they stopped and yelled "Freedom, Freedom!" in front of the headquarters of the Cuban state journalists union. The dissidents were marching for the second day in a protest to commemorate the 2003 "Black Spring" crackdown by the government against opponents.