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International Center-Right Youth Organizations and Political Parties Support Cuban Freedom
By Cuban Democratic Directorate

John Suarez, Director of International Relations for the Cuban Democratic Directorate, shakes hands with Hon. John Howard, IDU Chairman and Prime Minister of Australia from 1996-2007 at the IDU Party Leaders Meeting on June 25-26, 2008.

John Suarez, Director of International Relations for the Cuban Democratic Directorate, shakes hands with Hon. John Howard, IDU Chairman and Prime Minister of Australia from 1996-2007 at the IDU Party Leaders Meeting on June 25-26, 2008.

Miami. August 5, 2008. Cuban Democratic Directorate. At a time when journalist Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta and hundreds of other political prisoners languish in the Castro regime’s prisons, the Cuban Democratic Directorate would like to acknowledge the solidarity of the International Democrat Union (IDU), a working association of over 80 Conservative, Christian Democrat and like-minded political parties of the center and center right, and the International Young Democrat Union (IYDU), a global alliance of center right political youth organizations, with the cause of freedom in Cuba.

 

On June 25 - 26, 2008, the IDU Party Leaders met in Paris, hosted by France’s Union pour un Mouvement Populaire (UMP) and President Nicolas Sarkozy. The IDU Party Leaders' Meetings usually take place once every three years. At this meeting the IDU made a formal statement on Cuba:

 

“Despite the announcement of cosmetic changes in Cuba, the underlying nature of the government remains unchanged, and the Castro regime’s repression against Cuban democrats has increased.

 

The IDU calls on the Cuban government to demonstrate their commitment to democratic change by doing the following:

 

1) Free all political prisoners;

2) Grant access to the International Red Cross to Cuba’s prisons;

3) End the Communist Party monopoly and recognize opposition political parties.”

 

For the original statement, click here: http://www.idu.org/contentdoc/IDU_Update_080626.pdf

 

On May 23, 2008, IYDU Chairman Peter S. Gitmark, a Norwegian Member of Parliament and member of the Høyre party, issued a statement calling for the release of Cuban political prisoners:

 

“IYDU Chairman Peter Gitmark MP has today called on the Cuban government for the immediate release of Antonio Villarreal Acosta, Antonio Ramón Díaz Sánchez, Eduardo Díaz Fleitas, Guido Sigler Amaya, Jorge Luis González Banquero, José Luis García Paneque, Juan Carlos Herrera Acosta, Léster González Pentón, Librado Linares GarcíaNelson Aguiar Ramírez, Normando Hernández González, Pablo Pacheco Avila, Pedro Argüelles Morán, Próspero Gainza Agüero, Ricardo González Alfonso and Víctor Rolando Arroyo.  These people are being held in Cuba and are prisoners of conscience. These people are ill.  They have all been labeled common criminals, which is also in clear violation of the Human-rights Declaration.”

 

For the original statement, click here:

http://www.iydu.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=73&Itemid=26

 

The Cuban Democratic Directorate expresses its gratitude for these gestures of solidarity with Cuba’s long-suffering political prisoners, and the cause of Cuba’s long-delayed freedom.

 

The IDU is a working association of over 80 Conservative, Christian Democrat and like-minded political parties of the center and center right. Formed in 1983, the IDU provides a forum in which Parties holding similar beliefs can come together and exchange views on matters of policy and organizational interest, so that they can learn from each other, act together, establish contacts and speak with one strong voice to promote democracy and centre-right policies around the globe. The IYDU is a global alliance of center right political youth organizations united by a common desire for greater freedom and less government. Its member organizations cover the world with 80 organizations from 50 countries.

 

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