The World Demands: Free the Cuban Five
September 12, 2007
The campaign is carried out on the ninth anniversary of the arrest of Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino, Gerardo Hernandez, Rene Gonzalez and Fernando Gonzalez, later sentenced in a trial described as unfair by a UN judicial panel.
In Washington, the coalition Campana por la Libertad de los Cinco de Metro is carrying out several actions that extend until October 6, while Defense Council Leonard Weinglass will give a lecture on this topic at Howard University Law School.
Lectures will also be given in the State of Wisconsin at universities and public libraries, while the second Latino Congress will be in session October 5-9, headed to adopt resolutions on this same topic.
In Canada, the film "Posada Carriles, Terrorism Made in the USA" will be shown with an analysis of the unfair imprisonment of the antiterrorist Cuban Five.
US embassies face demonstrations protesting the maltreatment of The Five in: Argentina, where there are also provincial events, in La Paz, Bolivia, in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil with a public teach-in to support the Five, and in the Mexican capital.
The Cuban documentary "El Proceso" is being shown in Uruguay Demonstrations in Bolivar Square Caracas, Venezuela and in France Square Lima, Peru, are taking place.
In Havana, the book "Desde la Soledad y la Esperanza" dedicated to the Cuban Five, was launched with the presence of Cuban Culture Minister Abel Prieto.
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