European Legislators Stand With Hunger Strikers

From the Parliamentary Forum for Democracy:

Chairman of the Parliamentary Forum for Democracy Emanuelis Zingeris expresses moral support and solidarity to the brave pro-democracy Cuban activists who are on a hunger strike against increasingly brutal oppression and unjust imprisonments in Cuba.

The growing list of those who have joined the hunger strike, which now has a reported twenty-eight participants, includes well-known pro-democracy leaders Jorge Luis García Pérez “Antúnez” and Marta Beatriz Roque Cabello as well as:

· Jorge Vázquez Chaviano;
· Arturo Conde Zamora;
· Yerandi Martínez Rodríguez;
· Orlando Almenares Reyes;
· Luis Enrique Ponce Sánchez
· Roberley Villalobos Torres;
· Israel Robert Isaac;
· Yuniel Álvarez García;
· Luis Enrique Santos Caballero;
· Yosmel Martínez Corcho;
· Alberto Reyes Morales;
· Omar Pedroso Suárez;
· Yadira Rodríguez Bombino;
· Ibis María Rodríguez González;
· Fermín Zamora Vázquez;
· Yasmani Nicle Abad
· Leonardo Cancio Santana;
· Pedro Fernández Vega Cortés;
· Arcelio López Rojas;
· Misahel Valdés Díaz; and
· Jorge Luis Recio Arias.

We ask that you renew your calls for an end to Castro’s tyranny and egregious human rights abuses, and that you express solidarity with those brave heroes of Cuba’s democracy movement who are now wagering their health and lives to achieve the most fundamental liberties. They urgently need our prayers and support at this critical time in the Cuban people’s struggle for freedom.