Since the Sakharov Prize award ceremony in 2002, Oswaldo Payá Sardinas, author of the Manifesto ‘Todos Unidos’ which is the origin of the Varela Project calling for a referendum on open elections, freedom of speech, freedom for political prisoners and free enterprise, has been systematically denied the freedom to leave Cuba again and to accept the invitations issued by the Parliament and by other European Union bodies.
Since the Sakharov Prize award ceremony in 2002, Oswaldo Payá Sardinas, author of the Manifesto ‘Todos Unidos’ which is the origin of the Varela Project calling for a referendum on open elections, freedom of speech, freedom for political prisoners and free enterprise, has been systematically denied the freedom to leave Cuba again and to accept the invitations issued by the Parliament and by other European Union bodies.