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deliberately driven off the road. The official statement by the Cuban government stated that the driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a tree. The MCL stated that "the circumstances of these deaths have not been cleared up and are open to hypothesis" and demanded a "transparent" inquiry into the accident. On 27 July, the Cuban
Interior Ministry forwarded an official report to foreign press, blaming driver error and quoting Carromero as saying that the car had skidded off the road due to poor road conditions and bad weather. Payá's widow rejected the report, stating that the crash was not an accident and that a government report could not be trusted.
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358:, the petition drive was "the biggest nonviolent campaign to change the system the elder Castro established after the 1959 Cuban revolution", giving Payá an international reputation as a leading dissident. An expert described it as "the only initiative of its time that enlisted citizen participation on a large scale". Fellow dissident
512:. In late February 2014, the High Court of Spain upheld the decision of Judge Eloy Velasco, taken in September 2013, not to accept the complaint filed by the family of Oswaldo Payá against two senior Cuban military officers for the death of Payá. Carromero went on trial in Cuba, where he was convicted of non-planned murder.
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when he refused to transport political prisoners during his mandatory military service. While there, he discovered a locked
Catholic church, Nuestra Señora de Dolores, that received permission from the Bishop of Havana to reopen as a mission, giving religious talks and caring for the sick.
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were present, but survived with minor injuries. All four were taken to
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called for an independent investigation into the crash, imploring the international community to "demand that the facts concerning Paya's death be accurately determined and that the surviving witnesses be protected". The
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under government pressure. Payá attempted to run for the
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1280:"Cuban Dissident Ends Tour Hopeful of Democratic Reform"
1055:"Cuba dissident 'driven off road' to death, says family"
1023:"Cuban Opposition Leader Oswaldo Payá Dies in Car Crash"
1717:"Police free Cubans detained at Oswaldo Paya's funeral"
1189:"Details of crash that killed Cuban dissident disputed"
991:"Top Cuba dissident Oswaldo Paya 'killed in car crash'"
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A Contemporary Cuba Reader: Reinventing the Revolution
252:. The fifth of seven children, he was brought up as a
847:"Oswaldo Paya dies at 60; Cuban anti-Castro activist"
1909:"US, Amnesty Critical of Cuban Dissident Detentions"
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1990:. International Committee for Democracy in Cuba
1311:"Cuban dissidents gather to mourn Oswaldo Paya"
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1961:"Previous Recipients of the Homo Homini Award"
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1143:"Cuban dissident collects EU prize"
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1166:"New petition for Cuba changes"
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1544:"Var i Sverige flera gånger"
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