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Europe Daily Bulletin No. 10241

22 October 2010
THE DAY IN POLITICS / (eu) eu/sakharov prize
Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas wins 2010 award

Brussels, 21/10/2010 (Agence Europe) - Cuban dissident Guillermo Fariñas is the 2010 winner of the Sakarov Prize for freedom of thought, awarded each year by the European Parliament. He will be invited to attend the prize-awarding ceremony in Strasbourg on 15 December. “Guillermo Fariñas was willing to sacrifice and risk his own health and life to put pressure on in order to change things in Cuba”, said EP President Jerzy Buzek, announcing the name of the winner in Strasbourg on...

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