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Calls for the release of the
Five in Costa Rica
 SAN JOSE (PL).—Dozens of people, including
various foreigners, demonstrated outside the U.S.
embassy here for the release of the five Cubans
imprisoned in the United States since 1998 for
combating terrorism.
The vigil, convened by the Costa Rica
Solidarity with Cuba Committee, took place on
Monday night as part of the international campaign
to expose the injustice committed against Gerardo
Hernández, Ramón Labañino, René González, Antonio
Guerrero and Fernando González.
The participants included academics, writers,
professors, theologians, trade unionists,
university and college students, as well as
citizens from Switzerland, the United States, Peru,
South Africa, Spain, El Salvador, Nicaragua,
Mexico and Chile present here.
During the demonstration, which lasted around
two hours, various people spoke to explain to
those present and passersby aspects of the rigged
trial, while condemning the violation of the Cuban
people’s human rights by the U.S. government.
The Five, as they are known in the
international campaign for their release, were
sentenced to prison terms ranging from 15 years to
double life after a trial in Miami.
The group confined themselves to monitoring the
terrorist activities of anti-Cuban organizations
located in southern Florida and as the defense
demonstrated, their work never endangered US
national security.
With its vigil, the Costa Rica Solidarity with
Cuba Committee closed a hardworking year in favor
of the cause of the Five, considered heroes in
that country.
As part of the campaign and under the slogan "Five
for the Five," it organizes activities on the
fifth of every month to break down the wall of
silence that the Costa Rican press has tried to
impose around the case.
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British priest accuses U.S. of
delaying legal process for the Five
November
11, 2005
BRITISH
priest Father Geoffrey Bottoms affirmed yesterday (Thursday)
in Havana that the United States is trying to delay
the legal procedure for the five Cuban anti-terrorist
fighters unjustly imprisoned in that country.
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World
parliamentarians demand release of the Five
October 21, 2005
MORE than 50 parliamentarians from all regions of
the world participating in the 113th
General Assembly of the Inter-Parliamentary Union (IPU),
meeting in Geneva, Switzerland, from October 17-19,
have signed a petition calling for the release of
the five anti-terrorist Cubans still unjustly
imprisoned in U.S. jails despite the ruling of the
Atlanta Appeals Court, which annulled the trial in
which they were sentenced.
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New signatures to the Open Letter to
the U.S. Attorney General demanding the release of
the Five
October 12, 2005
TWO new and
resounding votes for the triumph of justice occurred
yesterday when Mumia Abu-Jamal, the African-American
social fighter, and Russian cosmonaut Yuri Romanenko
added their signatures to the Open Letter to the U.S.
Attorney General demanding the immediate release of
the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters |
