The Castroist communist regime that murdered the most prominent political dissidents Oswaldo Payá, founder of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) in 1988, who used nonviolent means to demand that human rights be respected in Cuba, shall be remove from the UN Human Rights Council.
Payá was capable of collecting over 25,000 signatures for the Valera Project, an outstanding achievement under the Castroist tyrannical regime. He received the Sakharov Price from the European Parliament for his efforts on behalf of human rights and fundamental freedoms.
The opposition leader Oswaldo Paya was targeted by the Castro’s regime because of his success as a pro-democracy activist, killing him and Cepero. In July 2023, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights issued a report stating that the Cuban regime is responsible for the deaths of Paya and Cepero.
DECEMBER 24, 2023
"We have not chosen the path of peace as a tactic, but because it is inseparable from the goal for which our people are striving." - Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas
Christmas celebrates the birth of Jesus Christ, the Prince of Peace. This Christmas, Cuba’s Christian Liberation Movement reasserts its commitment to a peaceful transition to democracy and freedom in communist Cuba.
Via Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter:
Christmas Message from the Christian Liberation Movement
“We have not chosen the path of peace as a tactic, but because it is inseparable from the goal for which our people are striving.” – Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas
Twenty one years ago this week on December 17, 2002 in Strasbourg, France while receiving the Sakharov Prize from the European Union Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas explained what motivated his movement’s choice to embark on a nonviolent struggle:
“We have not chosen the path of peace as a tactic, but because it is inseparable from the goal for which our people are striving. Experience teaches us that violence begets more violence and that when political change is brought about by such means, new forms of oppression and injustice arise.”
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In 2012, Oswaldo Payá was murdered by the Castro’s regime and in 2023 the Inter American Commission on Human Rights concluded that the regime murderer Payá. At the time of his murder, Rocha was collaborating with the Castro’s regime by meeting with the regime intelligence and passing to it sensitive information. Seems that somehow Rocha is involved in the murder of Payá.
Beginning on Sunday, March 17, 2024, hundreds of thousands of Cubans in more than 10 cities and towns across the country have peacefully taken to the streets demanding freedom and a change of system. The situation is critical, lack of food, water, electricity, and failures in public services from health to transportation have created a humanitarian crisis. Rosa Maria Payá in her press conference said that “The only way out of the crisis is to get rid of the dictatorship.”
Cuban opposition group Cuba Decide believes that if the international community steps up and supports the Cuban people, they are ready to break the chains of communist tyranny and embrace democracy. Led by Rosa Maria Paya, the daughter of martyred Cuban democracy activist Oswaldo Paya, the Cuba Decide initiative is confident the Cuban people are prepared for a transition to democracy.
Rosa Maria Payá is a brave woman, a patriot. In her addressed the UN Human Rights Council, she is representing the Cuban people, accusing the Castro communist regime for the repression of Cubans peacefully protesting demanding freedom and worsening living conditions. She is asking for the expulsion of the Castro regime from the Council.March 26, 2024 by John Suarez
Rosa Maria Payá, Cuba Decide and Julie Trebault, Int'l PEN at the UNHRC
Today, in the in Geneva, Switzerland Rosa María Payá Acevedo addressed the UN Human Rights Council and called for the expulsion of Cuba from the UN Human Rights Council. Below is the text followed by the video provided by CubaDecide of her presentation.
ITEM 6: UPR OUTCOMES – CUBA, UPR REPORT CONSIDERATION
My name is Rosa María Payá, our citizen initiative Cuba Decide defends the right of the Cuban people to live in democracy, a right that is denied by the constitution imposed by the leaders in my country.
Mr. President, Cuba should be expelled from this Council for its serious and systematic violations of human rights.
In April 2022, Russia was expelled from this Council. Today we officially call for the same to be done with Cuba, under article 8 of United Nations Resolution 60/251. The Cuban government is an ally of Russia in its war of aggression against Ukraine and facilitates the sending of young Cubans to the Russian army.
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