Cubans under siege end fast and sit-in

Protesters who have reportedly been under siege in Havana, Cuba announced an end to their 8 day liquids-only fast and 40 day sit-in. They added that they are not aware if the regime will also end the siege which they have been reporting. The protesters, led by Vladimiro Roca and Martha Beatriz Roque, released a statement declaring that "their demand for the return of the expropriated camera was not their final objective", but that the latter is "only symbolic of our rights, and of those of the people, shattered day by day by 'the Government'."

They added that "...with their attitude of unwillingness to return the loaded (with pictures-my parenthesis) article, and given the meaning of this, 'the Government' has made clear to the world that it does not possess the will to change, and that it will not budge one iota to restore rights ..." 

UPDATED NOVEMBER 18, 2009 - 4:29 P.M. - ARGENTINA

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