A group of young intellectuals and artists demonstrate at the doors of the Ministry of Culture during a protest in Havana, on November 27, 2020.
The demonstration on Friday followed the expulsion by authorities on Thursday night of protesting members of an artists' collective from their premises in the historic centre of Havana. They had been protesting for 10 days, with six of them on hunger strike, and their movement had gained significant attention.Demonstrators outside the culture ministry on Friday demanded "dialogue" and representatives were waiting to meet with vice minister Fernando Rojas after having gathered there for much of the day.Security personnel and uniformed police watched over the protest from a distance but without intervening.
After the raid on their premises, the 14 members of the group were given Covid-19 tests and returned to their homes, with the collective's headquarters closed by the authorities, activists said on social media.
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