This article is from the source 'guardian' and was first published or seen on . It last changed over 40 days ago and won't be checked again for changes.
You can find the current article at its original source at http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2013/apr/23/cuba-human-rights-prize-eight-years
The article has changed 5 times. There is an RSS feed of changes available.
| Version 0 | Version 1 |
|---|---|
| Cubans collect human rights prize eight years late | Cubans collect human rights prize eight years late |
| (17 days later) | |
| Eight years after winning Europe's top human rights prize, members of a Cuban opposition group on Tuesday finally picked it up after being allowed to travel abroad. | Eight years after winning Europe's top human rights prize, members of a Cuban opposition group on Tuesday finally picked it up after being allowed to travel abroad. |
| Cuba's Ladies in White won the EU's Sakharov prize in 2005 for their fight for democracy and human rights, but were not granted permission to leave the country. | Cuba's Ladies in White won the EU's Sakharov prize in 2005 for their fight for democracy and human rights, but were not granted permission to leave the country. |
| "No dictatorship in the world will be able to stop democracy in the long run," Martin Schulz, the European parliament's president, said at the awards ceremony. "No people can be oppressed for ever." | "No dictatorship in the world will be able to stop democracy in the long run," Martin Schulz, the European parliament's president, said at the awards ceremony. "No people can be oppressed for ever." |
| Berta Soler, a co-founder of the group and one of several members at the ceremony, said the work was far from over. "We need a Cuba where there is proper freedom and human rights," she said, urging "real reforms, not just cosmetic change". | Berta Soler, a co-founder of the group and one of several members at the ceremony, said the work was far from over. "We need a Cuba where there is proper freedom and human rights," she said, urging "real reforms, not just cosmetic change". |
| The Ladies in White formed in 2003 to demand freedom for their loved ones, 75 government opponents who were jailed that spring in a crackdown on dissidents. | The Ladies in White formed in 2003 to demand freedom for their loved ones, 75 government opponents who were jailed that spring in a crackdown on dissidents. |
| Wives and mothers of the prisoners began marching each Sunday in Havana, dressed in white and holding aloft white gladiolas. In a communist country that brooks little dissent, the weekly marches became a unique act of defiance. | Wives and mothers of the prisoners began marching each Sunday in Havana, dressed in white and holding aloft white gladiolas. In a communist country that brooks little dissent, the weekly marches became a unique act of defiance. |
| Cuba responded by ignoring the protests or sending pro-government crowds to shout the women down in a so-called "act of repudiation". But the women's protests ultimately worked: the last of the 75 was freed in 2011. | Cuba responded by ignoring the protests or sending pro-government crowds to shout the women down in a so-called "act of repudiation". But the women's protests ultimately worked: the last of the 75 was freed in 2011. |
| Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. | |
| Our editors' picks for the day's top news and commentary delivered to your inbox each morning. Enter your email address to subscribe. |