The Ladies in White, or Las Damas de Blanco, are a peaceful protest movement in Cuba.

After church, they walk silently through town to remind the government that they are still awaiting the release of their unjustly detained family members. To prevent this, the Cuban authorities detain members of the group every week during the hours of Sunday Mass.

They might be taken to a Department of State Security facility or a local police station. Or they might be forced to sit, hand-cuffed, inside a police vehicle parked in the sun with the windows rolled up and without access to water. They might be fined.

They might be allowed to leave the detention facility to go home, or they might be driven outside of urban areas and forced to find their own way home from remote locations.

Pray for the Ladies in White this week, taking a few names each day and asking God to guard their way.

• Give thanks for their courage and determination.
• Pray that their loved ones would be unconditionally released and returned home.
• Pray that the authorities would end their decades-long crackdown on these women, and would instead pour their resources and efforts into something good.

In Havana:

Berta Soler Fernández

Gladis Capote Roque

María Josefa Acon Sardiña

Marieta Martínez Aguilera

Yolanda Santana Ayala

Zenaida Hidalgo Cedeño

In Santa Clara (Villa Clara):

Marbelis González Reyes

Yaima Elena Pérez López

In Banes (Holguin):

Marexis Luzsao Tamayo

Yaimara Vargas Arango

In Cárdenas, Colón, Perico, and Unión de Reyes (Matanzas):

Amada Rosa Herrerías Rodríguez

Asunción Carrillo Hernández

Caridad Burunate Gómez

Elsa Osiris Castro Palau

Julia Silvia González Fundora

Lazara León Cabrera

Lazarahy Valido Cambert

Leticia Ramos Herrería

Marisol Socorro Fernández

Maritza Acosta Perdomo

Mayra García Álvarez

Mercedes De la Guardia Hernández

Mercedes de la Caridad Bacallao de la Guardia

Odalis Hernández Hernández

Ramona Terrero Batista

Rebeca Santos Hernández

Sonia Álvarez Campillo

Soraya Vicencio Campos

Yesenia Campillo García

Yudaixis Pérez Meneses

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