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90 Members of Polish Parliament Adopt 90 Cuban Political Prisoners Will support families, advocate for prisoners’ release VIDEO: http://polityczni.pl/kuba_w_sejmie_rp,audio,50,4508.html 0:00 – 2:10 Adam Lipinski, leader of the Law and Justice Party parliamentary bloc 2:10 – 3:38 Tomasz Pisula, Freedom and Democracy Foundation 5:05 – 11:06 Andres Halicki, Chairman of the Sejm’s Foreign Relations Committeeand leader of the governing Civic Platform 13:00 – 19:10 Húber Matos, Independent and Democratic Cuba, Assembly of the Resistance 19:12 – 22:38 Orlando Gutiérrez Boronat, Cuban Democratic Directorate, Assembly of the Resistance Two leading figures of the Polish Sejm led the conference: Adam Lipinski, leader of the Law and Justice Party parliamentary bloc, and Andrzej Halicki, Chairman of the Sejm’s powerful Foreign Relations Committee and leader of the governing Civic Platform. "We are committed to the human rights of the Cuban people, which we will defend at the European level,” stated Lipinski, who was himself a leader of the Solidarity movement during the martial law years in Communist-ruled Andrzej Halicki, also a former leader of the Solidarity movement, made extensive remarks condemning repression by the Castro regime and expressing solidarity with Cuban political prisoners. "The Polish experience demonstrates to us that when a regime must engage in repression, as is the case with the Castro regime, it is because that regime is not strong. It uses repression when it is weak," stated Halicki.
This Christmas initiative by Polish Members of Parliament takes place at a time when repression is taking a heavy toll in Each Member of Parliament will advocate for the release of the adopted prisoner both in Polish and international settings. Additionally, the Members of Parliament will be in contact with the families of the 90 Cuban political prisoners to offer them moral support. "Never before have so many Cuban political prisoners been adopted at the same time by a national parliament. This is truly a Christmas gift to the Cuban people,” stated Orlando Gutiérrez-Boronat, from the Cuban Democratic Directorate, who speak in the name of the Assembly of the Resistance delegation during the press conference.
The Assembly of the Cuban Resistance delegation included Sylvia Iriondo and Anolan Ponce from Mothers and Women Against Repression (MAR por ###
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