Leader of Cuban opposition group visits exiles

CORAL GABLES, Fla. (AP) — One of the founders of a Cuban opposition group awarded Europe's top human rights prize is calling for freedom and democracy on the island.

Berta Soler made the remarks Saturday at the Institute for Cuban and Cuban-American Studies at the University of Miami.

Soler is a co-founder of the Ladies in White, a group of wives and mothers formed in 2003 after the arrests of 75 government opponents.

The Cuban government has detained the women from time to time and sent pro-government crowds to shout at them. But their demonstrations proved successful. All of the political prisoners arrested in the crackdown a decade ago have since been released.

Soler and other members accepted the European Union's Sakharov Prize on Tuesday, eight years after receiving the award.

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