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Five Days for the Cuban Five
concludes
Diana Ferreiro
A
videoconference was held June 10, between Washington
and Havana as part of the closing events of the 3rd
Five Days for the Cuban Five.
Participating in the
videoconference were decorated Heroes of the
Republic of Cuba, René González and Fernando
González and from the U.S. a panel including lawyer
José
Pertierra, Gayle McLaughten, Mayor of Richmond,
California, prestigious intellectual Ignacio Ramonet
and Alicia Jrapko, coordinator of the International
Committee for the Freedom of the Cuban Five.
According to the panelists the event has
demonstrated that the case of The Five is, for the
first time, on the radar of U.S. public opinion,
also citing a survey which revealed that 56 % of
U.S. citizens support a change in policy from the
U.S. government toward Cuba.
Fernando González commented on the significance – at
this time - of the Five Days for the Cuban Five in
the fight to free Gerardo Hernández, Ramón Labañino
and Antonio Guerrero, currently incarcerated in U.S.
prisons, highlighting the importance of organizing
such events before the end of the year in order to
increase political pressure on the government to
free the prisoners.
Alicia Jrapko stated that representatives from
almost 31 countries, including parliamentarians,
lawyers, intellectuals, actors etc., participated
in, and lent their support to, the event.
Five Days for the Cuban Five ends today in
Washington.
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