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14 October, 2020

July 22: Worldwide tribute for Oswaldo Payá, Harold Cepero and martyrs of democracy in the Americas

The day-long digital tribute gathered Cubans and international figures around the world and across the Island. For over 12 hours, the Fundación para la Democracia Panamericana (FDP) and the Cuba Decide citizen initiative led by Rosa María Payá, held a real time homage, to honor the martyrs of Cuban democracy, Harold Cepero (1980-2012) and Oswaldo Payá (1952-2012), both assassinated in Cuba on Sunday, July 22, 2012, by State Security agents onbehalf of the Cuban regime. As a result of our […]
14 October, 2020

Achievements and challenges of Cuba Decide in the third quarter of 2020

During the last quarter, despite the many challenges of the humanitarian crisis, political repression and COVID-19 on the Island, Cuba Decide has not lost its momentum and continues to grow among Cubans everywhere. During the last quarter, despite many challenges that COVID-19 has brought forth, Cuba Decide has not lost its momentum and continues to make accomplishments while fighting for the Cuban people.On July 22, a day-long digital tribute gathered Cubans and international figures around the world and across the Island. […]
30 July, 2020

Tribute to Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero: Mass from Miami

In over a dozen cities around the world, their names resounded on Wednesday. In corners, houses and monuments, posters with their images were raised and their thoughts were read aloud. Masses were dedicated in churches from the United States, Europe and Latin America. Even inside the communist Island, despite repression, many demonstrated against what happened to them and two candles were lit along with their images. Thus, not only were the lives of Cuban dissidents Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero […]
29 July, 2020

Conference Homage to the Victims of Communism in the Americas, on the 8th anniversary of the attack on Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero, martyrs of democracy

On Wednesday, July 22, 2020, for almost 12 hours, the Fundación para la Democracia Panamericana (FDP) and the Cuba Decide citizen initiative led by Rosa María Payá, held a day-long digital tribute, in real time, to honor the martyrs of Cuban democracy, Harold Cepero (1980-2012) and Oswaldo Payá (1952-2012), both assassinated on Cuba on Sunday, July 22, 2012, by State Security agents who were serving the criminal extrajudicial sentence of the Cuban government. Throughout the day, among other activities of […]
29 July, 2020

Keilylli de la Mora Valle

THE CUBAN CITIZEN, KEILYLLI DE LA MORA VALLE, IS IN A SITUATION OF GRAVE URGENCY, HER RIGHTS TO LIFE AND PERSONAL INTEGRITY ARE AT SERIOUS RISK. SHE HAS BEEN ON HUNGER STRIKE SINCE JUNE 29, 2020 IN THE FACE OF PERSECUTION, ASSAULTS AND HARASSMENT IN PRISON. Keilylli was wrongfully convicted through a summary trial by the Provincial People’s Court of Cienfuegos on May 7, 2020 to 1 year and six months of deprivation of liberty, for the false crimes of: the spread of […]
29 July, 2020

#June30 Protests

On Tuesday, June 30, 2020, more than two hundred citizens in several provinces were arbitrarily retained or detained in Cuba following orders from State Security. The goal of this new repressive wave was to prevent them from attending a peaceful demonstration called by the independent civil society, in order to demand justice after the murder of Hansel Ernesto Hernández Galiano at the hands of an officer of the National Revolutionary Police (PNR) on June 24, as well as to demand […]
29 July, 2020

El Líbero

Rosa María Payá spoke with El Líbero about the grave situation on the island in relation to how the pandemic has deepened the crisis that the people are experiencing under the Castro regime. In the interview, she calls upon “the Latin American brothers in all their plurality, from the democratic right to the democratic left” to focus “on human rights and abandon ideological prisms when it comes to the survival of the democracy.”
29 July, 2020

Solidarity Among Brothers: solidarity overflowed

On May 16, 2020, the Fundación para la Democracia Panamericana, in collaboration with Cuba Decide promoters and the City of Miami, invited the greater Miami community, organizations and those part of the Cuban diaspora to participate in a humanitarian aid collection called “Solidaridad Entre Hermanos.”  Hundreds of families participated in the donation day. The objective of the collection was to collect and send donated goods to the Island so that they may be received and distributed directly by the Churches […]
29 July, 2020

Arrestos 370

Decree-law 370 is a harmful law that regulates Internet use in Cuba and calls for the supervision of wireless networks and the limitations for online publications. Through this law, the government gains control over the online activities of its citizens, providing the legal basis for the arbitrary punishment of critical reporting by the authorities. Many journalists have been targeted, fined or imprisoned as a result of this law further propagating media suppression in Cuba. Photo from CIBERCUBA