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Nadine Gordimer, Nobel laureate,
fighting for the five
Such cruelty is unacceptable
Amelia Duarte de la
Rosa
 SOUTH
African Nadine Gordimer, 1991 Nobel Prize for
Literature, read out letter to President Obama
calling for the release of the five Cuban heroes.
Gordimer is in our country as an invited guest to
the 19th Havana Book Fair.
 In
the statement, Gordimer, who had a prior interview
with family members of the Five, condemned the
torture and psychological mistreatment to which the
mothers and wives have been subjected for more than
11 years since September 12, 1998, when Gerardo,
René, Ramón, Antonio and Fernando were unjustly
imprisoned. "Such cruelty is unacceptable," the
writer stated, affirming that she had witnessed
first-hand the drama that these families, full of
dignity and fortitude, are going through.
"I ask the
Obama administration for their immediate release and
also call on all citizens of the world. Its now time
to end the torment that these five Cubans are
experiencing," she emphasized after detailing in the
missive the arbitrariness of the sentences, and the
infamies committed during their trials and appeal
processes.
Rask Morakabe,
a political prisoner in apartheid South Africa, also
added his voice to the declaration. He confided to
having a special sensitivity for the case of the
Five and stated that "in South Africa, we place a
great importance on it because we suffered on
account of Mandela’s imprisonment for so many
decades and, in the same way that we engaged in a
campaign for his release, we believe that we are
going to achieve the release of the Five."
Serbian
filmmaker and musician Emir Kusturica has also
joined the call for justice for the five Cuban
heroes, declaring his support for a solution of the
case in Neuquén, Argentina and demanding that the
U.S. president annul their sentences.
Translated by Granma International
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Cuban Five send
message
to the Haitian people
THE Cuban Five, held as political prisoners in
the United States for fighting terrorism, have sent
a message of encouragement and hope to the Haitian
people, devastated by a powerful earthquake.
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Cuban Education
Distinction awarded
to Cuban Five
IN recognition of their relevant merits in
defense of our people’s sovereignty and right to
self-determination; for being an example to our
young people and of the noblest human values of
fighting terrorism, of boundless love for their
country and Revolution, and of the admirable
resistance of revolutionaries, the Ministry of
Higher Education has awarded the Cuban Education
Distinction to the Cuban Five, national heroes.
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Victims of
terrorism against Cuba and the world call for
justice
BOCA
DE SAMA.—I couldn’t wear the new shoes that I had
bought for my quince (15th birthday). The
shell fired by Cuban terrorists, organized in the
United States on CIA orders, destroyed my right foot
and cut short my adolescent dreams. My sister also
suffered that night, affirmed Nancy Pavón Pavón,
victim of an attack on the little town of Boca de
Samá, on October 12, 1971.
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