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OSWALDO PAYÁ -believes in the power of international solidarity with the people fighting for fundamental human rights in Cuba (Photo: Vladimir Bartovic)

Nobel nominee dispels ‘Island of Freedom’ myth

by Lucia Kubosova, HAVANA, CUBA,

Nobel Prize nominee and last year’s winner of the Sakharov prize, Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas, explains in an interview with the EUobserver why he is not able to travel to Europe to discuss the political situation in his native country, Cuba.

"My government has its own mechanisms to stop me from going - even though I have a passport and a visa to get to the EU", he said.

Mr Payá Sardiñas was supposed to go to a session of the European Parliament at the beginning of September to present ...

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OSWALDO PAYÁ -believes in the power of international solidarity with the people fighting for fundamental human rights in Cuba (Photo: Vladimir Bartovic)

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