orlando zapata zamaya, and in 2011 with the founding leader of the ladies in white, lara poyan and harold zaparominatenumerous times for the nobel prize and cul killed in wt appears to be a state security operation. we've seen the violence increase post-december 2014. we are carrying for surli avila leon, one of the people who tried to keep a school open and because she got frustrated with official channels went purged from her position in the government and machete attacked in november of 2014. this is a situation that is deteriorating and the administration's nonresponsiveness does not point to a bright future. today marks the 13th anniversary of the cuban black spring. back in 2003 a year after jimmyy carter's visit to cuba, there was a massive crack down on organizers of the varella project, there was an international campaign of solidarity to see those prisoners of conscience released, and the be ladies in white -- >> before we go to a break i want to hear from michael bustamonte, about whether this is identified a pattern that he's got a basis there for, that america hasn't gotten much in