SAKHAROV PRIZE 1998 FOR ELIZARDO SANCHEZ

Democracy for Cuba

Elizardo Sanchez Santa-Cruz was born in 1944 in Santiago de Cuba. He was a member of the anti-Batista resistance. A University Professor during the fist years of he Cuban revolution, he was soon denied the right to teach for his dissident ideas. Since then, for his continuous courageous denounces of human rights violations in his country, he has been persecuted with menaces and violence. He was also jailed for more than 10 years for his opinions on the regime. Despite all this he organized support groups for educating conscientious prisoners. He also was one of the most active promoters of a nonviolent and democratic opposition.

With the aggravating of the crisis, and with the risk of a violent implosion of the Cuban regime, Elizardo promoted the so-called "National Reconciliation" a pacific dialogue process aiming at democracy.

Supporting Elizardo Sanchez means supporting both the urge for a change in Cuba and the importance of achieving it through a nonviolent dialogue. It also means expressing a tangible solidarity to thousands of conscientious prisoners jailed in Cuba.

PE/Prix Sakharov: soutiens ... la candidature d'Elizardo Sanchez

LE PRIX SAKHAROV A ELIZARDO SANCHEZ: SOUTIENS A LA CANDIDATURE

• Jan Willem BERTENS, ELDR (Pays Bas);
• Leonie Van BLADEL, UPE (Pays Bas);
• Laura DE ESTEBAN, PPE (Espagne);
• J"rn Johan DONNER, PSE (Finlande);
• Olivier DUPUIS, ARE (Italie);
• Niall ANDREWS, UPE (Irlande);
• Aldo ARRONI, UPE (Italie);
• Monica BALDI, UPE (Italie);
• Johanna BOOGERD-QUAAK, ELDR (Pays-Bas);
• Ernesto CACCAVALE, UPE (Italie);
• Hadar CARS, ELDR (SuSde);
• Gianfranco DELL'ALBA, ARE (Italie);
• Stefano DE LUCA, ELDR (Italie);
• Maria Teresa ESTEVAN BOLEA, PPE (Espagne);
• Raimondo FASSA, ELDR (Italie);
• James FITZSIMONS, UPE (Irlande);
• Luigi FLORIO, UPE (Italie);
• Bertel HAARDER, ELDR (Danemark);
• Fernand HERMAN, PPE (Belgique);
• Jean-FranØois HORY, ARE (France);
• Giacomo LEOPARDI, UPE (Italie);
• Peter LIESE, PPE (Allemagne);
• Yurki OTILA, PPE (Finlande);
• Ana PALACIO, PPE (Espagne);
• Bartho PRONK, PPE (Pays-Bas);
• Carlos ROBLES PIQUER, PPE (Espagne);
• Dominique SAINT-PIERRE, ARE (France);
• Robin TEVERSON, ELDR (Royaume-Uni)
• Astrid THORS, ELDR (Finlande);
• Graham WATSON, ELDR (Royaume-Uni);