Black Spring (Cuba)

[1] It received international condemnation from several countries, with critical statements coming from George W. Bush's administration, the European Union, the United Nations and various human rights groups.

Responding to the crackdown, the European Union imposed sanctions on Cuba in 2003, which were then lifted in January 2008.

[7] The European Union declared at the time that the arrests "constituted a breach of the most elementary human rights, especially as regards freedom of expression and political association".

"[9][10] US sociologist and scholar James Petras noted that "No country in the world tolerates or labels domestic citizens paid by, and working for a foreign power to act for its imperial interests, as 'dissidents'".

[16] List of 75 jailed dissidents and their prison sentences:[5] The wives of imprisoned activists, led by Laura Pollán, formed a movement called Ladies in White.