Oswaldo Payá, Cuban political dissident and founder of the ‘Varela Project’, talked to euronews:
“The government is not talking to the people about this process. It
is as if the people don’t have the right to know. The government is not
talking to the opposition and if the government is releasing these men
just to have them deported, then it means that there is no breakthrough.
Instead, it will just be more of the same with more prisoners replacing
the other ones.
Do we want this news? Yes, of course. We hope that this gesture will
create a new political momentum for dialogue within Cuba but it has to
be accompanied by freedom of speech, the freedom to travel, freedom to
meet and a freedom of choice. After 51 years, the people of Cuba don’t
want to wait any longer.”
“Today Cubans see that change is possible. But as long as they don’t
have rights, as long as the law is not changed to guarantee those
rights, there won’t be real change.”
“ But if a man has to choose between staying in jail or leaving his
country, that is deportation. His dignity is not being respected. We
respect the decision that each of the prisoners is making because their
families have suffered a lot, although we demand liberation for all the
prisoners with no conditions. That would be a real sign of change.”
From: EuroNews
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