Havana murders nonviolent dissidents: Oswaldo Payá and Harold Cepero, both assassinated on this day in 2012 by the Cuban dictatorship.

 "They have told me that they will kill me before this regime ends, but I will not flee." - Oswaldo Paya

On July 22, 2012, Havana's secret police assassinated Oswaldo Payá Sardiñas and Harold Cepero Escalante, both human rights heroes in the Americas. The Cuban government and its agents of influence have continued to try to cover up the atrocity.

Last year, following a ten year investigation, the Inter-American Commission on Human Rights confirmed that the two human rights defenders were killed by Cuban government agents.