A strike by Pakistani students in Cuba drew a show of force from an anti-riot squad not seen before on the streets of the island.

BY JUAN O. TAMAYO

jtamayo@elnuevoherald.com

Posted on Friday, 09.10.10

A Cuban anti-riot squad, previously unseen but surprisingly well-equipped and with fixed bayonets, quelled a Pakistani student protest in Matanzas, a video of the event shows.

Riot police halts student protest in Matanzas, Cuba
This is a forerunner of things to come.On September 08, 2010, a Pakistanis students strike, complaining about the quality of their medical education, was put down by the regime anti-riot squad.

The reasons riot police didn't use force against the students was that the protest wasn’t violent and they were afraid to been recorded and posted in the internet for the whole world to see. If the students have started to throw rocks and bottles, the riot police would have used whatever methods to squelch it. As they said it in the video, “Our hand will not tremble in the face of violence.”