A resolution in support of the five Cuban political
prisoners incarcerated in the United States was
approved by the U.S. National Lawyers Guild at its
70th convention.
The document includes a call for an international
investigation into the failure of the U.S.
government to confront and remedy the injustices
committed in the trial of the Cuban anti-terrorists,
confined since September 12, 1998 in U.S.
penitentiaries.
The text states, "Since the triumph of the Cuban
Revolution on January 1, 1959, Cuba and its people
have suffered from continued terrorism including
sabotage and assassinations (completed and attempted),
killing over 3,000 of its citizens and maiming
thousands of others."
Additionally, "The United States government has
repeatedly violated the rights of the five prisoners
and their families to regular visitation, most
severely in the cases of Gerardo Hernández and his
wife Adriana Pérez, and Rene González and his wife
Olga Salanueva."
Denying these families the right to see each
other is "unnecessarily punitive and contrary to
standards for humane treatment of prisoners and
states’ obligations to protect family life,"
continues the resolution, referring to humanitarian
organization statements to the U.S. government.
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