(Kiev, 28 July, 1992) - More than 40 Kiev activists of Radical Party organized today the manifestation for democracy and human rights in Cuba in front of Cubanian embassy in Kiev (Behterevskij prov. 5).

Two days ago the letter, signed by two Radical politicians, working in Ukraine (Vladimir Ivanov, who is also co-president of Green Party, and Nikolaj Khramov) was sended by fax to Mr Diohenes Ernandes Astarga, Temporal Charge D'Affairs of Cuba in Ukraine. In this letter Radicals asked about the meeting in order to deliver official appeal to free Cubanian political prisoners, which was signed also 14 members of Ukrainian parliament (Ivan Drach, Volodimir Javorivskij, Olesj Shevchenko, Valerij Ivasjuk, Boris Melnik, Sergij Pravdenko, Anatol Matvienko, Jurij Zbitnev, Volodimir Moskovka, Mihajlo Horynj, Bogdan Horynj, Leon Gorohivskij, Viktor Bedj, Mihajlo Batig) and Jurij Scerbak, ministry of environment protection.

In spite of this letter, neither Mr Astarga nor nobody else from embassy's personal was able to receive representatives of Radicals. Some tens of demonstrators with slogans in Spanish and Ukrainian languages ("CASTRO, FREE NON-VIOLENT POLITICAL PRISONERS", "NO DEVELOPMENT WITHOUT DEMOCRACY", "FROM 14 COUNTRIES OF THE WORLD THE SAME REQUEST: DEMOCRACY!", "FOR CUBA: AN ISLAND, BUT NOT A PRISON!", etc.) and the big European flag made sit-in on the panel in front of embassy's doors, they called out in Spanish: "Li-ber-tad!", "De-mo-cra-ci-a!" and "Viva Cuba nueva!".

Cubaninan diplomats (including the 1st secretary and military attache) observed and took picktures of the demonstration from the territory of the embassy behind the iron doors of the embassy's garden. About 40 policemen from the special unit for the struggle against disorders were observing the action without intervention.

At the beginning of the action two unknown persons tried to provoce scuffle with demonstrators, but the well colored non-violent character of the action didn't permit to develop such way of events.

Correspondents of many newspapers (News From Ukraine, Golos Ukrainy [parliament's paper], Moloda Gvardia, Kievska Pravda and others) and the Ukrainian news agency UKRINFORM were presented on the action.

During the demonstration about 50 newspapers The New Party were distributed among the passers-by. Two new members (including journalist from Moloda Gvardija newspaper) joined Radical Party right on the street in front of the embassy; after these last inscriptions the number of Ukrainian Radical members of `92 exceeded 600 persons.