Tomorrow marks the day 14 years ago agents of the Cuban dictatorship murdered pro-democracy leaders Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero.
Oswaldo Payá was one of the founders of the Christian Liberation Movement, a Sakharov Laureate who had been twice nominated for the Nobel Peace Prize. He also had dual Cuban – Spanish citizenship. Harold Cepero was a youth leader in the Christian Liberation Movement.
After that, thirteen years ago Robert F. Kennedy Human Rights petitioned the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights (IACHR) to examine the evidence around the deaths of Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero on July 22, 2012.
On June 12, 2023 the IACHR published their report on the merits that found Cuban government agents responsible for the deaths of the two pro-democracy leaders and Christian Liberation Movement leaders.
Tomorrow, July 22nd, the Christian Liberation Movement will hold a mass for Oswaldo Payá and Harold Ceperro at the Church of St Raymond located at 3475 SW 17 St, Miami, FL 33145.
Why did the Cuban dictatorship seek revenge against Oswaldo and Harold?
The Varela Project demonstrated to the international community that tens of thousands of Cubans were not satisfied with the status quo, and wanted human rights to be respected, and multiparty democracy to return to Cuba. This contradicted the official narrative.
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