For Immediate Release
Contact:
Julio Hernandez, Francisco De Armas
International Representatives, Christian Liberation Movement
+1 (787) 549-1805
www.oswaldopaya.org
INTIMIDATION AND OTHER MEASURES TO ISOLATE OSWALDO PAYA.
June 17, 2008.
We have received an alert from the Christian Liberation Movement in Cuba
that the home telephone of Oswaldo Payá has been cut, to stop the Uruguayan
and international press from getting a hold of him during the visit to Cuba
of the President of Uruguay, Dr. Tabaré Vázquez. Payá, the coordinator of
our movement, sent a letter to President Vázquez inviting him to his home in
the modest neighborhood of el Cerro in Havana to explain to him what is
really taking place in Cuba.
[The letter Payá wrote to President Vázquez is available here.] This
measure, as well as the continuous harassment and intimidation which is
being leveled against Oswaldo Payá at these moments, is related also with
the delicate situation the European Union has with regards to its position
toward the Cuban regime and the decisions it must take, currently in limbo
because of the lack of will from the regime in Havana to accept
responsibility in its formalized compromise with human rights and the
release of prisoners. [Payá’s message to the European Union is available
here.] We are grateful for any efforts to permit the resolution of this
situation of intimidation and isolation, and allow the opinion of those in
Cuba that think differently from the official government message to be
heard.
Christian Liberation MovementJulio A. Hernández, mcl2004jhs@yahoo.com, (787)
549-1805
Francisco de Armas, fdearmas@cyepr.com, (787) 447-1878
Carlos A. Payá, info@oswaldopaya.org
For more information visit www.oswaldopaya.org
Given to Puente Informativo Cuba Miami by The
Christian Liberation Movement in the Exterior. Translation by Christian
Liberation Movement.
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