Last year, the Jury of the Prize of the Concordia handed to Ingrid Betancourt wanted to emphasize that the award-winning personified "to all those people in the world who are deprived of their liberty for defending the human rights and the fight against terrorist violence, corruption and drug trafficking. "

Today we present the candidacy of another's freedom fighter, Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet, who after carrying more than six years in prison in Cuba's prisons he is a worthy deserver of this award.

We understand that this concession may be an important source of support for his release, and also to foster the openness and the democratization which are sorely lacking in Cuba, in a current hopeful situation as the opening of relations with the USA.

Confident that the Jury of the 2009 Prize will  value "the strength, dignity and courage" with which Dr. Oscar Elias Biscet has faced six years of unjust captivity, we present this application supported by thousands of signatures that involve the best hopes of millions of people around the world.