Remembering three terrible days in July.
2018 marks 24 years since the massacre of 37 Cubans on July 13, 1994 when they tried to flee the island on board the Cuban tugboat "13 de marzo" by agents of the Castro regime. The crime was well documented by international human rights organizations and institutions.
July 13 also marks the death one year ago today of Chinese dissident Liu Xiaobo in the custody of the Chinese secret police.
July also marks six years since Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, and Harold Cepero were killed by Cuban state security agents on July 22, 2012.
We gathered in silent protest for 13 minutes at the main fountain at Florida International University demanding justice for the victims of the "13 de Marzo" tugboat massacre and for martyrs Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero.
The event concluded with reading out the names of Oswaldo and Harold killed on July 22, 2012 and the 37 victims of the July 13, 1994 attack.
At Castro’s embassy in Washington, DC yesterday July 13th Cuban activists marked 24 years since Castro regime agents carried out a massacre of 37 Cubans (of which 12 were women, and 11 were children) aboard the "13 de Marzo" tugboat on July 13, 1994 six miles off Cuba's coast. pic.twitter.com/wzlZns2rFf
— Frank Calzon (@FrankCalzon2014) July 14, 2018
In Washington, DC veteran activist Frank Calzon, with other activists, took part in the vigil outside of the Cuban Embassy at 12 noon and tried to turn in a document with the victims names to Embassy officials but they refused the document.
At Castro’s embassy in Washington, DC yesterday July 13th Cuban activists marked 24 years since Castro regime agents carried out a massacre of 37 Cubans (of which 12 were women, and 11 were children) aboard the "13 de Marzo" tugboat on July 13, 1994 six miles off Cuba's coast. pic.twitter.com/wzlZns2rFf
— Frank Calzon (@FrankCalzon2014) July 14, 2018 |
| Ziva Sahl based in California joined the vigil |
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