Πέμπτη 21 Οκτωβρίου 2010

Κουβανός αντιφρονούντας τιμήθηκε με το βραβείο Ζαχάροφ του Ευρωκοινοβουλίου

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas stands at the door of his home in Santa Clara after hearing news of his winning the Sakharov Award October 21, 2010. The European Parliament awarded its top human rights prize on Thursday to Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners. Cuba views dissidents as U.S. mercenaries working to topple the Cuban government. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS)

Ο Κουβανός Γκιγέρμο Φαρίνας τιμήθηκε με το βραβείο Ζαχάροφ του Ευρωκοινοβουλίου για τα ανθρώπινα δικαίωμα, ανακοινώθηκε την Πέμπτη.

Οι Ευρωβουλευτές αναφέρουν ότι είναι «φάρος ελπίδας για δεκάδες δημοσιογράφους και ακτιβιστές που είναι φυλακισμένοι».

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas speaks on the phone at his home in Santa Clara after hearing news of his winning the Sakharov Award October 21, 2010. The European Parliament awarded its top human rights prize on Thursday to Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners. Cuba views dissidents as U.S. mercenaries working to topple the Cuban government. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS)

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas reacts to pain at his home in Santa Clara after hearing news of his winning the Sakharov Award October 21, 2010. The European Parliament awarded its top human rights prize on Thursday to Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners. Cuba views dissidents as U.S. mercenaries working to topple the Cuban government. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS)

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas speaks on the phone at his home in Santa Clara after hearing news of his winning the Sakharov Award October 21, 2010. The European Parliament awarded its top human rights prize on Thursday to Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners. Cuba views dissidents as U.S. mercenaries working to topple the Cuban government. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS)

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas speaks on the phone at his home in Santa Clara after hearing news of his winning the Sakharov Award October 21, 2010. The European Parliament will award its top human rights prize on Thursday to Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners, parliamentary sources said. Cuba views dissidents as U.S. mercenaries working to topple the Cuban government. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS)

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas stands at the door of his home in Santa Clara at dawn after hearing news of his winning the Sakharov Award October 21, 2010. The European Parliament will award its top human rights prize on Thursday to Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners, parliamentary sources said. Cuba views dissidents as U.S. mercenaries working to topple the Cuban government. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS)

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas stands at the door of his home in Santa Clara at dawn after hearing news of his winning the Sakharov Award October 21, 2010. The European Parliament will award its top human rights prize on Thursday to Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners, parliamentary sources said. Cuba views dissidents as U.S. mercenaries working to topple the Cuban government. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS SOCIETY IMAGES OF THE DAY)

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas speaks on the phone in his home in Santa Clara, central Cuba, in this February 26, 2010 file photo. The European Parliament will award its top human rights prize on Thursday to Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners, parliamentary sources said. REUTERS/Desmond Boylan/Files (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST)

Cuban dissident Guillermo Farinas talks on the phone in his house in Santa Clara in this July 29, 2010 file photo. The European Parliament will award its top human rights prize on Thursday to Farinas, whose hunger strike this year helped pressure Havana into releasing political prisoners, parliamentary sources said. REUTERS/Enrique De La Osa/Files (CUBA - Tags: POLITICS CIVIL UNREST HEALTH)

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