Almodóvar, Ana Belén and Victor Manuel sing the ‘I Accuse’ against Cuba
March 15, 2010 by
Filed under Politics
Pedro Almodovar, Ana Belén and Victor Manuel had joined representatives of the culture that, last Friday, joined the campaign I accuse the Cuban government to uphold respect for human rights in the country and demand the release “immediately and unconditional release “of political prisoners of the regime.
The Spanish filmmaker’s own production company confirmed its support for this campaign while the singers joined anonymously by completing the registration form from the website where the incentive was launched last Friday.
According to the Web, as are 5,000 people “worldwide” who have signed “for a democratic horizon for Cuba in which there is no place for persecution for political reasons.”
The director and singers join other cultural personalities like Fernando Savater, Elvira Lindo, her husband, Antonio Munoz Molina and Juan Marse.
The letter published on the website calls for “the immediate and unconditional release of all political prisoners in Cuban jails” and “respect for the implementation, promotion and defense of human rights anywhere in the world.”
Also expressed condemnation to death of opponent Orlando Zapata, on 23 February, following a hunger strike.
