Brian Hamacher

3 Cuban Dissidents Detained After Cathedral Protest

A trio of anti-government protesters in Cuba were detained after they unfurled banners on the Catedral de Santiago de Cuba Wednesday.

Video released by protest group UNPACU showed the three demonstrators holding the banners on the building.

"58 years of deception, hunger and misery," one banner read. "The people want liberty, justice and democracy," the other read.

The video showed the three men being taken into police custody.

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