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Latin American brigadistas call for
the release of the Five
 CAIMITO, August 13 (AIN).— The 16th Latin American
and Caribbean Voluntary Work Brigade issued a
statement today calling for the immediate release of
the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unjustly
incarcerated in the United States.
The
180 brigadistas met with family members of
the Cuban patriots Gerardo Hernández, René González,
Ramón Labañino, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando
González in the Julio Antonio Mella International
Camp in the Habana municipality of Caimito.
Their statement affirms that the Five, as they are
known internationally, were sentenced merely for
uncovering and revealing criminal plots being
hatched by anti-Cuban individuals based in South
Florida.
The
statement included greetings to Fidel Castro, leader
of the Cuban Revolution, on the occasion of his 83rd
birthday, and René González for his 53rd birthday on
the same day.
The
brigadistas, from Colombia, Mexico,
Nicaragua, Venezuela, Ecuador, the Dominican
Republic, Martinique, Guadalupe and El Salvador,
received up-to-date information on aspects of the
arbitrary legal proceedings that the U.S. Supreme
Court has refused to review, ignoring widespread
international protest.
Translated by Granma International
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Young people
protest against new injustice in the Five’s case
THE
recent refusal by the U.S. Supreme Court to review
the case of our five heroes, scorning the demand for
"Freedom!" that is latent in every part of the world,
and the adjournment of the trial of the criminal
Luis Posada Carriles, has once again demonstrated
that justice in the empire of the North is neither
blind, nor does it wear spectacles.
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The immediate
release of the Five is the only way to do real
justice
Statement
of Cuban youth in response to the unjust decision of
the U.S. Supreme Court not to review the case of our
heroes, the Cuban Five
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Voices against
infamy
"WE never placed our hopes on the U.S. judicial
system," but this day will be "marked forever as one
of the most shameful in U.S. jurisprudence," Alicia
Jrapko said told Granma newspaper via email,
after learning about the June 15 decision of the U.S.
Supreme Court not to review the case of the Cuban
Five, the anti-terrorist fighters held as political
prisoners in that country since September 12, 1998.
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