Aron Modig
{{short description|Swedish politician}}
{{Infobox officeholder
|name = Aron Modig
|image = Aron Modig.JPG
|office = Chairman of the Young Christian Democrats
|term_start = June 2011
|term_end = May 2013
|predecessor = Charlie Weimers
|successor = Sara Skyttedal
|birth_date = {{birth date and age|1985|6|13|df=y}}
|birth_place = Söderhamn, Gävleborg County
|party = Christian Democrats
|spouse =
|children =
|residence =
|alma_mater = University of Gothenburg
National University of Singapore
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Aron Modig (born 13 June 1985)https://www.facebook.com/aron.modig/about {{User-generated source|certain=yes|date=March 2022}} is a Swedish politician who was chairman of the Young Christian Democrats, the youth wing of the Christian Democrats from 2011 to 2013.
2012 car crash
In July 2012, he visited Cuba to show support for the nation's pro-democracy activists. On July 22, he was injured in a car crash while traveling with dissident and Sakharov Prize-winner Oswaldo Payá. Payá was killed at the scene.{{cite web|title=Swedish youth politician injured in Cuba car crash|url=http://www.thelocal.se/42174/20120723/|date=23 July 2012 |work=The Local|accessdate=23 July 2012}}
Details of the crash are disputed. Payá's daughter Rosa María stated that her father died after the rental car in which he was traveling was rammed several times by another car.{{cite web |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2012/jul/23/oswaldo-paya-death-no-accident |title=Cuban dissident Oswaldo Payá's death 'no accident', claims daughter |author=Jonathan Watts |date=23 July 2012 |work=The Guardian |accessdate=23 July 2012}} Payá's son Oswaldo added that his father had received numerous death threats and agreed that his car had been deliberately driven off the road.{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-latin-america-18963608 |title=Cuba dissident 'driven off road' to death, says family |date=23 July 2012 |publisher=BBC News |accessdate=23 July 2012}} The official statement by the Cuban government said that the driver lost control of the vehicle and collided with a tree. Modig tells that he subsequently was taken away to an unknown place and held captive for eight days by government officials. There he was being interrogated and scolded by terms: "You shouldn't come to our country to meddle in our affairs!". He was queried about the political purposes with his stay in Cuba, but no questions were asked about the crash.{{cite news|url=https://www.dn.se/nyheter/sverige/sa-har-blir-kubaner-behandlade-varje-dag/|title=Så här blir kubaner behandlade varje dag |newspaper=Dagens Nyheter |language=Swedish |date=8 August 2012 |publisher=DN |access-date=17 November 2012}} At a press conference arranged by Cuban authorities on 30 July, Modig and the driver and second survivor, Ángel Carromero, stated that the crash was an accident and no other car was involved.{{cite web |url=http://www.svd.se/nyheter/utrikes/bilkrasch-i-kuba-en-olyckshandelse_7384262.svd |title=Bilkrasch i Kuba 'en olyckshändelse' |language=Swedish |date=30 July 2012 |publisher=SVD |accessdate=30 July 2012}} A 2023 ruling by the Inter-American Commission of Human Rights (IACHR) held the Cuban state responsible for the murder of Oswaldo Payá.{{Cite news |last=Mega |first=Emiliano Rodríguez |last2=Robles |first2=Frances |date=2023-06-13 |title=Cuban Government Is Responsible for Death of Dissident, Report Says |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/12/world/americas/cuba-oswaldo-paya-death.html |access-date=2023-06-17 |issn=0362-4331}}
References
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External links
- https://web.archive.org/web/20131005004215/http://camcocuba.org/1-1-INTERNATIONALS/WASHINGTON-D-C-ENGLISH.htm
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Category:Christian Democrats (Sweden) politicians
Category:People from Söderhamn
Category:University of Gothenburg alumni
Category:National University of Singapore alumni
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