Cuban police have arrested dozens of opposition activists, a week ahead of a visit by Pope Benedict XVI.
According to BBC News, most of those detained are members of the protest group Ladies in White, who are demanding the release of political prisoners.
Many were stopped as they staged their silent weekly protest march along an avenue in the capital, Havana.
The group says the country’s Communist authorities have increased pressure on them in recent days.
The government has said they are paid by the US to undermine Cuba’s revolution.
A group spokeswoman said that 19 of its members had been detained on Saturday evening while trying to stage a march in central Havana. Three have since been released without charge.
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