Oswaldo Payá

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Cuban activist (1952-2012)

Spain PoliticiansLived 1952 to 2012 · aged 60

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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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Spanish politicians Rosa Díez and Esperanza Aguirre at a tribute event for Payá.

Awards 4

2025Democracy Service Medal

2002Sakharov Prize

1999Homo Homini Award

HazteOir.org Prize

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ChildMaría Payá Acevedo

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Yoani SánchezAlso won HazteOir.org Prize

Jan Nowak-JeziorańskiAlso won Democracy Service Medal

Nataša KandićAlso won Homo Homini Award

Anatoly MarchenkoAlso won Sakharov Prize

Agustín LajeAlso won HazteOir.org Prize

Guillermo FariñasAlso won Sakharov Prize

About this person

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. 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.

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Spain