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Atlanta Court denied appeal in the case of the Cuban
Five
 We have just received the
information that on September 2, 2008 the Atlanta
Court of Appeals denied our reconsideration request
presented regarding our five compañeros imprisoned
in the United States.
 This
means that the June 4th decision of the three-judge
panel is ratified and enters in force. In
consequence, the guilty verdicts of The Five are
ratified, confirming the sentences against Gerardo
(two life sentences plus 15 years) and René (15
years), and that Judge Joan Lenard, of Miami, can
initiate the process to dictate new sentences to
Ramón, Antonio and Fernando.
With this decision we have until
December 1, 2008 to ask the United States Supreme
Court to consider a revision of the case.
Now it is even more imperative to
stress the International Campaign and all support
actions possible.
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Freedom for
the Five, yes; new trial, no
August 11, 2008
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“CALLING for the release of the five Cubans
incarcerated in the United States for combating
terrorism, and not allowing a new trial is the only
just demand in this case,” emphasized Roberto
González, the brother of one of the anti-terrorist
prisoners, during a meeting with members of the 15th
Latin American and Caribbean Work Brigade in
solidarity with Cuba.
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Alarcón on the “Roundtable” program
We have to keep up the fight
for the release of the Five
August 5, 2008
THE battle for the release of the
five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters, political
prisoners in the United States, continues to be
active in order to inform people of the truth about
a case in which the U.S. government and authorities
involved in it have perverted the course of justice,
affirmed Ricardo Alarcón, president of the National
Assembly of People’s Power (Cuban Parliament).
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