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"en.20051024.13.1-031"2
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"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, according to reports in the French newspapers
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the human rights situation in Cuba is going from bad to worse. Marxism is becoming more barbaric the more the Marxist tyrant who introduced it is aware of his approaching end. I would like to give you a few examples to illustrate my point: the journalist Mario Henrique Mayo, who in 2003 was sentenced to 20 years’ imprisonment, has made two suicide attempts after having used a razor blade to etch the words ‘innocent’ and ‘freedom’ on his own body. On 4 October, the journalist Victor Arroyo who, for expressing an opinion that constituted an offence, was sentenced to 26 years in jail, ended his hunger strike at Cardinal Ortega’s request after having ended up in a delirium.
For 100 other political prisoners, there is not a single prospect of liberation; quite the opposite is the case. The moderate opponent Manuel Cuesta Morua has been beaten up by a collection of regime supporters and has been at the receiving end of extreme racist abuse. I hope that this House will present a united front in denouncing the human rights violations in Cuba. It will send out a better message than that of a future European Commissioner who once, while smoking a Havana cigar, accepted a ride on a Harley Davidson with Fidel Castro, but has never breathed a word about it."@en1
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