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Oswaldo Payá
Cuban activist (1952-2012) · Spain · On the map · Politicians · Died at 60
Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas was a Cuban opposition leader. A devout Catholic, he founded the Christian Liberation Movement in 1987 to oppose the one-party rule of the Cuban Communist Party.
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He attracted international attention for organizing a petition drive known as the Varela Project, in which 25,000 signatories petitioned the Cuban government to guarantee freedom of speech and freedom of assembly as well as to institute a multi-party democracy. In recognition of his work, he received the European Parliament's Sakharov Prize and People in Need's Homo Homini Award.
