Who killed Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá?

Sandokan · Jul 31, 2018

On December 17, 2002, Payá wrote: “The first victory we can claim is that our hearts are free of hatred. Hence we say to those who persecute us and who try to dominate us: ‘You are my brother. I do not hate you, but you are not going to dominate me by fear. I do not wish to impose my truth, nor do I wish you to impose yours on me. We are going to seek the truth together.”

Payá and Cepero paid the ultimate price for their nonviolent struggle for a free Cuba. Kudos to Rosa María Payá for her efforts to honor her father's fight for freedom by the publication of his book.

yankintx · Jul 31, 2018

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The Castroit regime posted false photos of the Oswaldo Paya accident crash site on the facebook page of the Cuban communist party. Why are they doing it? What are they trying to spin? Sorry but this tactics doesn’t work on this time and age of internet information. The images of the car speak for itself. The communist party facebook page image shows a frontal impact only of the car involved in the crash.

http://www.penultimosdias.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/PCC.jpg

The real pictures show a large impact to the back of the car not consistent with a frontal impact with a tree. In reality this was the car they traveled in:

http://zoevaldes.files.wordpress.com/2012/07/fotoautopaya.jpg?w=600

Maybe it was Ted Cruz's father. National Enquiring minds want to know!

Sandokan · Jul 31, 2018

yankintx said:
Maybe it was Ted Cruz's father. National Enquiring minds want to know!

Do you have proof about it, or you just are gossiping and spreading untrue rumors? I cannot believed that a Yankee, and least of all from Texas, can be involve in such despicable act.

Sandokan · Aug 13, 2018

Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas and Harold Cepero Escalante: Remembering two Cuban martyrs
Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter: Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas and Harold Cepero Escalante: Remembering two Cuban martyrs

POSTED BY JOHN SUAREZ
July 22, 2018

"Six years ago the Castros murdered my father, along with him #HaroldCepero. Today we meet to honor their lives and appreciate the time they were with us . Today their murderers already know that there will be no impunity and that they failed because they could not kill their legacy. #Freedom" - Rosa María Payá, over Twitter on July 22, 2018

Harold Cepero Escalante and Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas

There are a few moments that are burned into my memory: the moment on January 28, 1986 when the Challenger blew up, the February 24, 1996 shoot down of two Brothers to the Rescue planes by Cuban MiGs, the attack on the Twin Towers on September 11, 2001 and the murders of Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas and Harold Cepero Escalante on July 22, 2012.

The main legacy left by Oswaldo Payá was that he showed the Cuban peoples and the world that the Castroit regime breaks its own laws. When Oswaldo submitted around 25,000 signatures to the People’s Assembly on a citizens’ petition for a plebiscite, the regime changed the constitution to avoid holding one. There is no doubt that the Castro regime killed Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero since they have become a political threat to them.

Sandokan · Sep 4, 2018

Harold Cepero, a former seminarian, became a nonviolent human rights defender in a movement founded by lay Catholics. He took part in a national petition drive for the reform of the regime signing the Varela Project. The Christian Liberation Movement (CLM) on May 2002, turned in 11,020 signatures exceeding the 10,000 required by the regime to hold a referendum. The response of the regime was to declare the Constitution unchangeable.

On November 2002, Harold was expelled from the university, and in a letter in protest for the expulsion, he wrote at the end of it this, “Those who steal the rights of others steal from themselves. Those who remove and crush freedom are the true slaves.” In 2009 Harold joins the CLM and begins to coordinate its youth group and became a member of the Coordinating Council of the CLM. On July 22, 2012, at the age of 32, He was killed together with Oswaldo Payá the movement's founding leader, in an extrajudicial killing carried out by regime state security.

Sandokan · Oct 4, 2018

#FreeCardet: The Via-Crucis of Eduardo Cardet Concepción
Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter: #FreeCardet: The Via-Crucis of Eduardo Cardet Concepción

August 16, 2018
Update on the plight of a courageous dissident, medical doctor, and family man.

Dr. Eduardo Cardet Concepción MD: Prisoner of conscience since November 30, 2016

Some good news: Ebert Hidalgo Cruz, and Jose Daniel Ferrer are back with their loved ones but the bad news continues, Eduardo Cardet Concepción remains unjustly imprisoned and no one has heard from him since July 28, 2018. He is an Amnesty International prisoner of conscience and there are more than 100 other known political prisoners in Cuba.

Yesterday the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL) over social media reported that "because for more than two weeks nothing is known about Eduardo Cardet and that some time ago he was able to send a note saying 'I am in danger,' his family traveled to the jail where he is held to appeal, despite having their visits suspended by regime authorities, for his freedom."

Hours later MCL reported: "Continued cruelty against Eduardo Cardet, calls are suspended for two months (in addition to having visits suspended). His family tried to see him today, they did not allow it."
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On September 20, 201, for the third time, the Castroit regime denied parole to Eduardo Cardet leader of Christian Liberation Movement (MCL), an Amnesty International declared prisoner of conscience. He was sentenced to 3 years in prison for “allegedly” assaulting a State Security officer during his arrest.

Under the new “president” Díaz-Canel nothing has changed, the same old tactics are used to intimidate and silence its critics, like in the recent detentions of José Daniel Ferrer García, the head of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU), and Ariel Ruiz Urquiola, an internationally recognized Cuban environmental scientist. These cases demonstrate that under Díaz-Canel, things are only getting worse.

Sandokan · Oct 21, 2018

On July 23, 2018, the NGO UN Watch filed a petition to the UN for Arbitrary Detention to demand that the Cuban regime release Cardet a prisoner of conscience. Cardet is in jail in the Cuba Si prison in Holguín, isolated and without family visits or phone calls. He has been incarcerated for two years so far.

The petition was sent on August 29 from the UN to the General Prosecutor’s Office in Holguín, Cuba, and the UN is still waiting for an answer. The regime doesn’t give a damn about the UN request.

Sandokan · Dec 4, 2018

Free Eduardo Cardet: Prisoner of conscience marks two years (731 days) unjustly imprisoned in Cuba
Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter: Free Eduardo Cardet: Prisoner of conscience marks two years (731 days) unjustly imprisoned in Cuba

POSTED BY JOHN SUAREZ
November 30, 2018

"The oppressor dies and he is forgotten, the free man is jailed and he is mentioned everywhere." - Waleed Abu al-Khair

Eduardo Cardet Concepción marks two years in prison today in Cuba. Eduardo is a medical doctor, a husband, and a father of two small children. He is widely respected in his community. He is a person of impeccable moral character. Despite all of this, he was beaten up and arrested in front of his wife and children on November 30, 2016. He has spent 731 days in captivity, continued to suffer beatings in prison, and was repeatedly stabbed with a sharp object. Both he and his family have been additionally punished, and visits and calls denied for months at a time. In March of 2017 he was sentenced to three years in prison, and Amnesty International recognized him as a prisoner of conscience.

The Spanish Senate, members of Congress, international human rights gatherings, civil society and the Christian Liberation Movement have called for his immediate release.
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On November 30, 2018, Dr. Cardet was visited in the jail by Bishop Emilio Aranguren, two years after his incarceration by the regime. Due to the fact that he is the national coordinator of the Cristian Liberation Movement, the Bishop probably is interceding for his liberation by the regime. So far the intermediations for Cardet release by the ONU, French Exterior Minister during his visit to Cuba, and other countries and international organizations have not been successful.

Sandokan · Dec 19, 2018

Osvaldo Paya Lives On at the Miami Book Fair
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November 18, 2018
Vicente Morín Aguado

Rosa María Paya at the Miami Book Fair.

HAVANA TIMES – The Miami Book Fair is in full swing and one of the opening days most awaited events was when Rosa Maria Paya presented “La Noche no será eternal” (Night will not be eternal), a book that becomes the political testament of her father Osvaldo Paya Sardiñas, an opposition leader to the Castro government, whom she accuses of murdering him.

The text is offered for the first time to the public at this fair. Its Spanish publisher is Hipermedia, whose editor Ladislao Aguado, was responsible for conducting the conversation with Rosa Maria, who continues on with the political ideal of her father through the organization Cubadecide that she founded and leads.

The book will be one more of the many books forbidden to readers in Cuba by the government censors.
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Invited by CADAL, Rosa Maria Payá visited Argentina, Chile, Uruguay and Peru where she presented the book of her father Oswaldo Payá. She participated on the International Day of Democracy and met with political official and organizations, and gave interviews to newspapers, TV and radio stations.

Sandokan · Jan 12, 2019

Ofelia Acevedo, the widow of Payá, in an interview in Madrid, Spain, where she presented the book of her late husband, accompanied by her daughter Rosa María Payá, said: “Night will not be eternal' talks about dangers and hopes. We have lived 60 years of Castro dictatorship, without rights or alternatives, Oswaldo lived all that time in Cuba and the book writes from that perspective of a man on foot who has dedicated his life to find ways for democracy in Cuba”

Sandokan · Jan 26, 2019

Rosa María Payá in the interview said: "What the communist leadership wants is to stay in power, so that change has to come from the Cuban people, which is the message of my father in the book, which is especially valid at the current time we are living". She has continued her father legacy through the Cuba Decide campaign that seeks to "achieve a system change" on the island by asking Cubans through a plebiscite.

Sandokan · Feb 12, 2019

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OAS to Host Conference on “The New Cuban Constitution and the Inter-American Democratic Charter”
OAS to Host Conference on “The New Cuban Constitution and the Inter-American Democratic Charter”

February 7, 2019

The Organization of American States (OAS) will host a conference on “the New Cuban Constitution and the Inter-American Democratic Charter,” on Tuesday, February 12 at 15:00 EST (20:00 GMT), at the headquarters of the Organization in Washington, DC.
The event will center on a dialogue on the referendum to be held on February 24 in #Cuba to approve a new constitution, and will seek to answer the question “Does this constitution contain the essential elements of democracy outlined in the Democratic Charter?”.
The conference will include the participation of:

• The Secretary General of the OAS, Luis Almagro
• The Director of the Center for Legal Information, Cubalex, Laritza Diversent
• The Executive Director of Transparencia Electoral América Latina, Leandro Querido
• The former President of the Inter-American Juridical Committee, Jaime Aparicio
• The promoter of the Cuba Decide campaign, Rosa María Payá, as moderator.

Rosa María Payá, leader of Cuba Decide, ask Cubans in the island to vote ‘No’ in the referendum on the new constitution. Cuban activists denounce that the Castroit regimen is increasing the repression against those campaigning for a “NO” vote on the communist regime’s constitution. José Daniel Ferrer, the coordinator of UNPACU, denounced that “Prison, raids, spoils, arrests and beatings, threats and harassment are the methods most used by the Cuban regime against opponents.”

The conference would bring attention to their cause. The regime police persecute the activists who try to ask for the negative vote and crush any dissidence regarding the new Constitution.

Sandokan · Feb 27, 2019

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Cuban prisoner of conscience marks 803 days in prison
Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter: Cuban prisoner of conscience marks 803 days in prison.

FEBRUARY 11, 2019

"I regret that the EU does not require Cuba to stop being a totalitarian regime." - Eduardo Cardet, over twitter on September 19, 2016

Prisoner of conscience Eduardo Cardet has spent 803 days unjustly imprisoned

Dr. Eduardo Cardet has spent 803 days unjustly imprisoned and separated from his family. Eduardo is a medical doctor, a husband, a father of two small children, and the national coordinator of the Christian Liberation Movement (MCL). MCL is a nonviolent movement that has sought civic means to achieve democratic change in Cuba.

Fidel Castro died on November 25, 2016 while Cardet was outside of Cuba. He was interviewed by international media and gave a frank assessment of Fidel Castro's political legacy and said that there was nothing positive.

Two days after Fidel Castro's death was announced Eduardo Cardet described events as follows: “There are few people in the streets, and lots of police presence. Lots of controls and restrictions. Castro was a man hated and rejected by the Cuban people.”
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The Spanish Senate request Prime Minister Sanchez on his trip to Cuba to demand the release of political prisoner Eduardo Cardet who has been imprisoned for more than 2 years 'unfairly and illegally' and who has served 2/3 of his sentence. Also the Amnesty Southampton &Romsey groups in the U.K., demand freedom for prisoner of conscience Dr. Cardet.

How can the Castroit regime, which has committed so many crimes against humanity, be a member of the Human Rights Council? HRC has made a mockery of human rights. Some of the countries with the worst record on human rights are part of the council. This is unbelievable.

Sandokan · Mar 17, 2019

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The Spanish Senate request Prime Minister Sanchez on his trip to Cuba to demand the release of political prisoner Eduardo Cardet who has been imprisoned for more than 2 years 'unfairly and illegally' and who has served 2/3 of his sentence. Also the Amnesty Southampton &Romsey groups in the U.K., demand freedom for prisoner of conscience Dr. Cardet.

How can the Castroit regime, which has committed so many crimes against humanity, be a member of the Human Rights Council? HRC has made a mockery of human rights. Some of the countries with the worst record on human rights are part of the council. This is unbelievable.

Jailed leader of Cuban dissident group should be allowed to go free, UN panel finds
Notes from the Cuban Exile Quarter: Jailed leader of Cuban dissident group should be allowed to go free, UN panel finds

Posted by John Suarez
MARCH 7, 2019

UN Watch Briefing

Prisoner of conscience Eduardo Cardet

GENEVA, March 7 — The Swiss non-governmental human rights group United Nations Watch announced today, in a written filing that will be circulated next week by the UN Human Rights Council ahead of its March 12th debate on human rights situations that require the world’s attention, that Cuba’s most famous political prisoner—Dr. Eduardo Cardet, leader of the Christian Liberation Movement—won a UN ruling calling for his release.

The United Nations Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, a quasi-judicial panel of five experts, upheld in full a petition filed by United Nations Watch, a leading voice for Cuban dissidents, and determined that Cuba is “arbitrarily detaining” dissident Dr. Eduardo Cardet, who has been imprisoned by the regime since November 30, 2016, for criticizing Fidel Castro.
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Dr. Cardet rights to freedom of expression and freedom of assembly, were violated. The Working Group rejected all arguments of the Castroit regime seeking to justify its imprisonment of Dr. Cardet.

The Working Group concluded that “state security officials, without identifying themselves, arrested Mr. Cardet Concepción in a violent manner, without explanation. They did not show an arrest warrant, nor did they inform him of the existence of criminal charges against him. In addition, Mr. Cardet Concepción was not brought promptly before a judge. There was no independent judicial control of the detention. On the contrary, he was taken to a local police station, where he was beaten again and held incommunicado for nine days. He did not have access to a lawyer. He was denied visits and phone calls, his family was unaware of his whereabouts… In view of these considerations, in the absence of a warrant of arrest and subsequent incommunicado detention, lack of judicial control, legal, medical and family contact, the Working Group must conclude that there was no legal basis for the arrest, so that the detention is considered arbitrary under category I, being contrary to Articles 9 and 10 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights.” Someone listened to the real story. Thumps up for The Working Group.

Sandokan · Apr 7, 2019

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Prisoner of conscience Eduardo Cardet, leader of the Christian Liberation Movement allowed to spend a weekend at his home.

"I have lived these last few years with the conviction that unearned suffering is redemptive." - Martin Luther King Jr., Suffering and Faith,"April 27, 1960

POSTED BY JOHN SUAREZ
FRIDAY, APRIL 5, 2019

Some good news, a man furloughed from jail is able to spend the weekend for the first time in two years and five months at home with his family. His name is Eduardo Cardet. He is a medical doctor. He is a husband and a father to two boys. Dr. Cardet is the Christian Liberation Movement's national coordinator.

Eduardo Cardet unjustly imprisoned without the ability to visit his family since November 30, 2016. He was jailed for providing a critical assessment of Fidel Castro's rule, and for his non-violent advocacy for a democratic change in Cuba.
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Seem that the request of some countries and by Amnesty International demanding the release of Eduardo Cardet had influence his recent treatment, which allowed him to visit his family during the weekend. Hopefully he would be released in a near future.

Sandokan · Apr 23, 2019

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Seem that the request of some countries and by Amnesty International demanding the release of Eduardo Cardet had influence his recent treatment, which allowed him to visit his family during the weekend. Hopefully he would be released in a near future.

After visiting his family Eduardo Cardet was returned to jail. His family was allowed to visit him on April 20. His penal situation remains unchanged.

Sandokan · May 17, 2019

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Cuba: Amnesty International says Dr Eduardo Cardet is still a prisoner of conscience
Cuba: Amnesty International says Dr Eduardo Cardet is still a prisoner of conscience | Amnesty International

6 May 2019, 16:51 UTC

In response to the news that Dr Eduardo Cardet Concepción was released on probation on 4 May 2019, Erika Guevara-Rosas, Americas director at Amnesty International, said:

“We welcome the news that Dr Eduardo Cardet has been released on probation and can be reunited with his family. However, as long as his freedom is conditional, Eduardo Cardet is still a prisoner of conscience. He should never have been arrested in the first place.”

“Although his release on parole is a positive step, we reiterate that the arrest and subsequent conviction of Dr Eduardo Cardet in 2016 was politically motivated. Therefore, we will keep demanding his absolute freedom, without any conditions. We will continue to closely monitor his situation and to conduct global campaigning actions in defense of his rights.”
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Cardet release from prison is conditional due to the restrictions placed on his parole, reason why Amnesty International still considered him a prisoner of conscience and continues the campaign demanding his absolute freedom, without any conditions.

Sandokan · Jun 5, 2019

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UN Watch Announces Human Rights Award For Leading Cuban Dissident Rosa María Payá
UN Watch Announces Human Rights Award For Leading Cuban Dissident Rosa Maria Paya - UN Watch

Monday, May 6, 2019

GENEVA, May 2, 2019 — UN Watch announced today that Rosa María Payá, one of Cuba’s leading pro-democracy activists and the daughter of the late dissident Oswaldo Paya, will receive the Swiss organization’s highest human rights award at the 2019 UN Watch Annual Gala Dinner on Thursday, June 13th in Geneva.

“Rosa María Payá was chosen for her courageous defense of freedom, liberal democracy and universal human rights,” said Hillel Neuer, UN Watch Executive Director. “Her mission to free the Cuban people from dictatorship has never been more vital.”

Ms. Payá is the daughter of renowned Cuban dissident and democracy advocate Oswaldo Payá, who was killed in 2012 under mysterious circumstances. Today, Ms. Payá carries on the work of her father, who founded the democratic Christian Liberation Movement and received the European Parliament’s Sakharov Prize for Freedom of Thought.

“With this great honor, you give me the opportunity to raise the voice of the Cuban people, who each day, are stripped of their human rights and dignity by the ruling regime,” said Ms. Payá.

“The support of the international community is essential to achieve democracy and liberation for my country,” she added. “This award gives us hope that the change is closer every day.”
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Rosa Maria Paya, daughter of the late dissident Oswaldo Paya and herself an activist and leader dissident that continues to carry the work of her father, was name by UN Watch the winner of Morris Abrams Award “for her courageous defense of freedom, liberal democracy and universal human rights.”

A well-deserved award in recognition of Rosa Maria Paya leadership and significant contributions to free the Cuban people from the tyrannical Castroit regime.

Sandokan · Jun 23, 2019

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Rosa Maria Payá Acevedo recognized for work promoting democracy in Cuba
Rosa Maria Paya Acevedo recognized for work promoting...

Daughter of late Cuban dissident receives commendation in Miami

By Madeleine Wright - Reporter
Posted: 12:39 PM, June 18, 2019

MIAMI - Miami-Dade County is recognizing a political activist for her work promoting democracy in Cuba.

Commissioner Esteban Bovo gave a commendation to Rosa Maria Payá Acevedo Tuesday morning in Miami.

This comes after she received the UN Watch's 2019 Morris Abram human rights award in Geneva, Switzerland last week.

Payá Acevedo is one of Cuba's leading pro-democracy activists and the daughter of the late dissident Oswaldo Payá.
For years, she's been calling for free and democratic elections in Cuba.

"I think there a lot of actions that can be taken not just by the American government, but by almost everybody -- all the democracies in the region -- in order to support human rights in Cuba," Payá Acevedo said.

Payá Acevedo is going to Colombia next week to encourage people there to put pressure on the Cuban government.

"We are going to be there trying to inspire them to make this call to pressure the regime in order for the representative of the dictatorship has to do what they have to do in the first place, which is to submit themselves to the will of the Cuban people," she said.

Video of Rosa María Paya thanking the Miami-Dade County Commission for the award.
Commissioner Esteban Bovo on Twitter: "As an American of Cuban descent, it is my honor to recognize @RosaMariaPaya, a leading Cuban dissident & human rights champion who was awarded @UNWatch’s 2019 Morris Abram Human Rights Award. #OurCounty stands in solidarity with Rosa & the freedom-seeking people of #Cuba.… https://t.co/5cD7DF6a9X"

Another well deserve award for Rosa María Paya in recognition of her tireless work on promoting democracy for the Cuban people, calling for free and democratic election in Cuba.

Sandokan · Jul 8, 2019

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Cuba Decides message at the 49th General Assembly of the OAS
Cuba Decide's message at the 49th General Assembly of the OAS | Babalu Blog

June 29, 2019 by Alberto de la Cruz

Cuba Decide’s message in the 49th General Assembly of the Organization of American States and the Cuba Decide conference featuring VP Marta Lucia Ramirez and other dignitaries.

Renewed calls for the Cuba regime to be held accountable for its human rights violations against the Cuban People, and for its role in destabilizing the region. Also demands for the Cuban regime to respect the right of its citizens to decide their system of government and their leadership in a binding plebiscite. Cuba Decide promoters are participating in the 49th General Assembly of the Organization of American States, taking place in Medellin, Colombia from June 24-28, 2019.
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Rosa Maria Payá keeps tirelessly working on behave of the Cuban people, condemning the human rights violations of the Castroit regime, a plebiscite to change the government, and held the regime accountable for its military interference in Venezuela. Her late father would be very proud of her.

Sandokan · Jul 24, 2019

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Tribute to the Martyrs of Latin American Democracy
Cuba noticias disidentes: Cuba Decide

The number under each country are the number of documented people killed by those regimes

In commemoration of the 7th anniversary of the attack against Oswaldo Payá

The Latin American Youth Network for Democracy, in coordination with the citizen platform Cuba Decide, together with allies, volunteers and activists around the world, will pay tribute to all the victims of Communism in Latin America. This homage, which bring us together in a claim of justice for all the fallen, will be made in different cities of the American hemisphere and Europe, as part of the commemoration of the State crime committed against the Cuban opposition leader Oswaldo Payá and the activist Harold Cepero.

Flowers will be presented in Cuban squares and also in the cities of Bilbao, Santiago de Chile, Santo Domingo, Panama City, Tegucigalpa, San Salvador, Mexico City, Amsterdam, New York, Miami, and any other city that is willing to join this initiative.
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July 22 is the 7th anniversary of the assassination of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero by the Castroit regime. 21 cities in Europe and the Americas payed tribute to Oswaldo Payá, Harold Cepero and all the Martyrs of Democracy. Sooner than later justice should be served.

Sandokan · Aug 6, 2019

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July 22 is the 7th anniversary of the assassination of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero by the Castroit regime. 21 cities in Europe and the Americas payed tribute to Oswaldo Payá, Harold Cepero and all the Martyrs of Democracy. Sooner than later justice should be served.

Quote from Oswaldo Payá, Strasbourg France, December 17, 2002

Expelling us is not the solution neither for them nor for us, it would be better to ask yourself why are there young people who are filled with concern and worry for the welfare of the country. It would be good that they explain to the students and to the people what the Varela Project is, what does it ask, and so give everyone the right to think and choose.

Sandokan · Aug 22, 2019

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July 22 is the 7th anniversary of the assassination of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero by the Castroit regime. 21 cities in Europe and the Americas payed tribute to Oswaldo Payá, Harold Cepero and all the Martyrs of Democracy. Sooner than later justice should be served.

Quote from Harold Cepero, November 3, 2002

How close you and "Solidarity" have been to us in these years. Receive our fraternal greetings. I write on behalf of the Christian "Liberation" Movement. We are a Christian and patriotic movement that by peaceful means are working for freedom and democracy in our nation. ... I hope this gets to you and that the Poles might know of our struggle inspired by the Gospel. I cannot conclude without expressing our gratitude to you, the Movement "Solidarity" and all the Polish people that knew how to open the path of freedom for subject peoples. As Catholics we feel that we are in communion with you and that overcomes the difficulties of communication.

Long live the heroes of the Christian Liberation Movement.

Sandokan · Sep 8, 2019

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Solidarity and Firmness: UNPACU and Cuba Decide call for peaceful demonstrations
Solidarity and Firmness: UNPACU and Cuba Decide call for peaceful demonstrations | Patriotic Union of Cuba | UNPACU

Our response to the increased repression of the regime against peaceful opposition and citizenship on the occasion of the celebration of the Joint Council between the Dictatorship and the European Union in Cuba.

Members of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) and promoters of Cuba Decide, after a thorough analysis of the notable increase in repression for political reasons and violations of the rights of the Cuban people, have decided to summon Cubans to demonstrate publicly next Sunday, September 8, at 10 am. Let’s go to parks and other public places in our country, to express:

1. Our solidarity with the brave Ladies in White , repressed week after week by the dictatorship; journalists and independent artists; defenders of religious freedoms and LGBTIactivists who suffer persecution; and all the peaceful people and organizations that promote respect for human rights and the change of system towards democracy in Cuba.
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The Castroit regime is escalating repression against UNPACO. On August 27, the regime security forces raided the UNPACO headquarters in the city of Santiago de Cuba. They took away laptops, TVs, mobile phones and tables. The national leader of UNPACO and 5 others were arrested and later on released.

María Payá, promoter of Cuba Decide and UNPACO have called for peaceful demonstration on public places like parks, on September 8, to protest the increase in repression of dissidents groups, among them the Ladies in White. The protest will take place the day that Cubans celebrate the Virgin of Charity of El Cobre, the patron of Cuba. Through the years that day the police have arrested activists protesting peacefully against the regime.

Sandokan · Sep 25, 2019

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Mogherini’s Visit Coincides With Dozens of Arrests
Mogherini’s Visit Coincides With Dozens of Arrests – Translating Cuba

The European Community, represented by Mogherini, has reiterated its support at the Plaza of the Revolution on this trip.

Translated by: Sheilagh Herrera

14ymedio, Havana, September 11, 2019 — Dozens of activists arrested this weekend during the framework of Federica Mogerini’s visit to Cuba continue to be detained in bad conditions, their families report. This Monday night, Katerine Mojena, wife of the Carlos Amel Oliva, the youth director of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (Unpacu) , reported that he as well as the leader of the opposition organization, José Daniel Ferrer, were in the cells of the first police unit of Santiago de Cuba.

“No washing and in the same clothes from two days ago. With very little and disgusting water and food. They’ll be there for 5 days until it’s decided if they’ll go to prison or not,” reported Mojena on social media. Mojena, also an activist, who has seen the authorities arrest her husband twice in four days, has rejected the position of the European Union in its relations with Cuba, even more so as the arrests made coincided with the visit of its chief of diplomacy. Several of the detainees have already been released with fines from 500 to 1,500 CUP.

“Outrageous that the EU negotiates with a dictatorship that mobilizes its soldiers to stop its citizens from marching with a sunflower in hand,” lamented the opposition figure on Twitter.
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On September 8, members of the Patriotic Union of Cuba (UNPACU) and promoters of Cuba Decide proceeded to peacefully demonstrate in public places during the visit of the EU representative to Cuba. During the weekend more than 188 activists were arrested and held in jail until Ms. Mogherini, the EU representative, left the country. In the days before and during the visit of the EU representative sites of dozens of houses of human rights activists were raid and robbed of all type of material owned by them.

The EU support for the Castroit regime, turning a blind eye to blatant human rights violations is clear evidence that they don’t care. EU representative didn’t meet with representatives of the opposition, she met only with social groups that are allies of the regime.