The 20th anniversary of Cuba's "Black Spring"

When the violent wave finished washing over the island, 75 innocent Cubans had been arrested. In the aftermath, they were all put on trial and long prison terms were handed out, some as many as 25 years, for the “counterrevolutionary” act of exercising free speech.

The day was March 18, 2003, which later came to be known as Cuba’s Black Spring of 2003.