As President Obama heads to Cuba, the government in Havana targeted protesting human-rights activists, inclulding the dissident group calling themselves the "Ladies in White." (REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)
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Members of the 'Ladies in White' march in Havana on Sunday. The group was formed by the wives of political prisoners.
The 'Ladies in White' use the power of symbolic clothing—white church dresses, worn to Mass each Sunday—to protest imprisonments by the Castro regime (REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)
Police clash with the 'Ladies in White' and other dissident groups who demonstrated after Sunday Mass, mere hours before U.S. President Obama was set to arrive in Havana. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters of the Castro government clashed with human-rights activists in Havana on Sunday, March 20, 2016.
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Dissidents from the 'Ladies in White'—the wives of former and current political prsioners—are carted off by police on Sunday in Havana, just ahead of President Obama's historic visit to Cuba.
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Government supporters of the Castro regime—declaring a "march against media terrorism"—launch an Orwellian counterprotest against human-rights activists.
An activist with the 'Ladies in White' is carted off by Cuban authorities hours before Obama lands in Cuba. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Supporters of the Castro brothers shout down dissidents and former political prisoners as Havana roils with protests before U.S. President Barack Obama's visit.
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The 'Ladies in White' won the Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought in 2005 for their human-rights work—but the Cuban government barred the group from attending the award ceremony. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
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For the past 13 years, the 'Ladies in White' have been protesting imprisonments by the Castro regime—and have been long targeted by police for their political activities. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
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Dissidents from the 'Ladies in White'—a group that has long been accused of being backed by American interests—face off against Cuban authorities hours before U.S. President Barack Obama arrives on the communist isle. (ADALBERTO ROQUE/AFP/Getty Images)
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The 'Ladies in White' were founded in 2003 during a widespread government crackdown against intellectuals and journalists. With the easing of American sanctions, many wait to see whether Cuba's government will improve its human-rights record as well. (REUTERS/Ueslei Marcelino)
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