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"Madam President, as I am sure my fellow Members are aware, as a result of the various initiatives launched this year in Parliament, that on 1 December we were due to receive Mr Oswaldo Payá, to whom we awarded the Sakharov prize last year. Unfortunately, the Cuban authorities did not allow him to come. He sent a message to Parliament, which he asked me to read out. I read the message out, in its entirety, at the meeting of the Committee of Foreign Affairs, Human Rights, Common Security and Defence Policy. I will not repeat it here; I simply wish to have the matter recorded in plenary. This is a powerful and stirring message, in which he recounts the difficulties facing democrats in Cuba, but also talks about the ongoing determination of the Varela Project (I would draw the attention of all my fellow Members to this fact) and condemns the fact that he was prevented from coming here. He condemns the situation in the concentration camps and the situation of the detainees, which are precisely the issues on which we would like to hear him and to be able to discuss with him. He also calls on the European Union to provide moral support for cooperation, which we will certainly not refuse him, and states that the European Union must hold constructive dialogue with all of Cuban society. I would therefore ask Parliament’s president and the Conference of Presidents to consider this matter again, since our invitation of 13 November was thwarted and it is extremely important that we achieve the release of Oswaldo Payá so that he can come and tell us what is happening in his country."@en1
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