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UPDATED: International Human Rights Activists Unite for a Free Cuba 20 Years after Freedom’s Arrival in Czechoslovakia In a statement released on November 16, 2009, the Eternal Vigilance Coalition denounced systematic harassment in “It is fitting that Eternal Vigilance take a stand about the human rights situation in Cuba with relation to the blatant violation of those rights committed by the Castro regime,” said former prisoner of conscience José Gabriel Ramón Castillo adding that: “We want to thank all those brothers and sisters that have joined in solidarity with the Cuban people to denounce the situation under which they are suffering. Especially when taking into account our friends in Members of the Eternal Vigilance coalition are joining the international call for the release of 305 Cuban political prisoners first raised at the Forum 2000 Conference on “Democracy and Freedom in a Multipolar World” held in Since the announcement of the Prague List in mid-October two political prisoners have been released Nelson Alberto Aguiar Ramirez and Omelio Lazaro Angulo Borrero, bringing the number of political prisoners currently identified to 305. The Eternal Vigilance Coalition was founded by human rights defenders from Attached are statements by the Eternal Vigilance Coalition on the abduction and beating of Cuban bloggers Yoani Sanchez and Orlando Luis Pardo Lazo, the immediate release of all Cuban political prisoners, at a minimum all identified on the “Prague List”, and the formation of the Coalition of “Eternal Vigilance”. ### The Prague List with original signatures:
The http://www.directorio.org/pdfdocs/2594_The%20Prague%20List.pdf Formation of the Coalition of Eternal Vigilance: International Human Rights Activists Denounces Abduction and Beating of Bloggers: Video: Former Cuban Political Prisoner José Gabriel Ramón Castillo gives Prague List to former President Václav Havel http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nk03FM92MSA
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