Showing posts with label unjust incarceration. Show all posts
Showing posts with label unjust incarceration. Show all posts
URGENT ACTION
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Call President Obama and Demand Rene Gonzalez be returned to CUBA!
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On October 7th, René Gonzalez, of the Cuban 5, will be released on parole after 13 years of unjust incarceration. The U.S. government is forcing him to serve his three year probation in Florida; where he has no family and will be at the mercy of the hostile community of right-wing Cuban Americans that helped secure his incarceration.
The Popular Education Project to Free the Cuba 5 is calling on all Cuban 5 supporters to pick the telephone and call President Barack Obama and demand that René Gonzalez be returned to Cuba, where he belongs.
Tell your family and friends to call!
Forward this message out to your entire Address book, post on twitter, Facebook, or Google +!
Thousands of phone calls can make a difference!
Call President Obama at
202-456-1111 and leave a message!
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. BACKGROUND
> Judge Lenard’s Cruel and Bizarre Decision against René
Concern in Cuba over Likely Probation for One of the Cuban Five
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The mother of the Cuban antiterrorist fighter imprisoned in the US Rene Gonzalez, Irma Sehwerert, expressed on Thursday her concern over a likely enforcement of a probation ruling for her son to be served in Miami, once he has totally served his sentence in the United States.
Rene would be at a higher peril in the streets of Miami than in jail, said his mother during a meeting with members of the 22th US-Cuba Friendship Caravan who are in Cuba until July 31.
"Imagine, Rene living in Miami for three years. We would not be at ease for one minute," said Sehwerert when referring to the legal situation of one of the five Cuban anti terrorist fighters imprisoned in the US since September 1998.
Due to this, his release after 15 years in prison is a cause of concern for all Cubans.
Irma Sehwerert mentioned the efforts of defense lawyers for returning her son to Cuba once he is released from prison.
"If not, we will keep you informed (Caravan members) to see what you can do to protect him," said Rene Gonzalez' mother in presence of other relatives of the Cuban Five, as the antiterrorist fighters are known in the international campaigns for their release. The leaders of the Caravan met with Sehwerert and another three relatives of Ramon Labañino and Fernando Gonzalez, who along with Gerardo Hernandez and Antonio Guerrero are serving up to double life imprisonment sentences in the US.
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Rene would be at a higher peril in the streets of Miami than in jail, said his mother during a meeting with members of the 22th US-Cuba Friendship Caravan who are in Cuba until July 31.
"Imagine, Rene living in Miami for three years. We would not be at ease for one minute," said Sehwerert when referring to the legal situation of one of the five Cuban anti terrorist fighters imprisoned in the US since September 1998.
Due to this, his release after 15 years in prison is a cause of concern for all Cubans.
Irma Sehwerert mentioned the efforts of defense lawyers for returning her son to Cuba once he is released from prison.
"If not, we will keep you informed (Caravan members) to see what you can do to protect him," said Rene Gonzalez' mother in presence of other relatives of the Cuban Five, as the antiterrorist fighters are known in the international campaigns for their release. The leaders of the Caravan met with Sehwerert and another three relatives of Ramon Labañino and Fernando Gonzalez, who along with Gerardo Hernandez and Antonio Guerrero are serving up to double life imprisonment sentences in the US.
Billboard Demanding Release of the Cuban Five Removed in Miami
A billboard which had been displayed in Miami on Tuesday demanding the release of the five Cuban antiterrorists unjustly imprisoned in the United States since 1998 was removed on Wednesday thus ending the ambiance of tolerance and freedom of speech in this city of Florida in barely 24 hours, Granma newspaper reports.
The billboard had been paid by the Miami-based Alianza Martiana organization on 37th Ave. and 4th St NW, exactly in front of the entrance to Casino de los Perros.
Alianza Martiana, named after Cuban national hero Jose Marti, emerged on January 28, 2001, on the day of Marti’s birth anniversary. The alliance is made up of Cuban-Americans and Latin-Americans. It has repeatedly spoken out for the release of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez —internationally known as the Cuban Five- in meetings held in different parts of the United States.
The organization has publicly denounced the biased trial to which the Cuban Five were submitted which condemned them to unfair sentences.
The Cuban Five were charged on alleged accusations of being a threat to the US national security when they were actually trying to stop Miami-based anti-Cuba groups from continuing to conduct terrorist crimes against the Cuban people.
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