Cuban Human-Rights Protest Quashed Amid Harassment, Intimidation

  • An attempt to follow big July demonstrations is squashed
  • Pro-government crowds shout ‘traitor’ and Internet is cut

Police officers walk along El Paseo del Prado street in Havana, on Nov. 15. 

Photographer: Yamil Lage/AFP via Getty Images 

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Cuban authorities appeared to have largely shut down anti-government protests Monday, squashing opposition hopes of building on the massive demonstrations that roiled the island in July.

Human rights groups said protest leaders were being intimidated, isolated and harassed, keeping them from taking to the streets.