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THE US GOVERNMENT IS PUNISHING
THE FIVE HEROES AND DOING NOTHING THAT COULD IN ANY
WAY RISK THE ACTIVITIES THEIR TERRORISTS ARE
LAUNCHING FROM MIAMI
It’s there in writing; that for them it was just as
important to ensure that these men would be
incapacitated all their lives as it was to impose
the heaviest possible sentences on them. Incapable
of what? Of continuing to do what they had been
doing, so that they could not go back to doing what
they did.
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Washington refuses visits by
relatives of the Five for this year
George W. Bush’s government has decided not to grant
visas to Adriana, the wife of Gerardo Hernández, and
to Olga and Ivet, spouse and daughter of René
González, two of the five Cuban heroes imprisoned in
the United States.
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Alarcón: The Five
have been the victims of various forms of torture
December
20,
2004
"WHEN he saw Gerardo, he was naked,
locked up in what they called the "box," that is to
say a "hole" within the "hole", with no clothes and
with absolutely no contact with the outside world.
When they took him out, they removed all the other
prisoners who were in the "hole" because he was not
allowed to be seen, or hear another human voice or
see another human being," explained Ricardo Alarcón,
recalling how New York lawyer Leonard Weinglass had
described his first encounter with Gerardo
Hernández, one of the five Cuban patriots imprisoned
in the United States.
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The Five awaiting response from the Court
of Appeal
September
12,
2004
ON September 12, the
five Cuban heroes sentenced to lengthy terms
in a rigged trial, full of violations of U.S. law and
political manipulations, completed six cruel years in jail
with their dignity and steadfastness intact.
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IVETTE, RENE AND OLGA’S DAUGHTER
Four years without seeing her father
due to a State Department decision
August 30,
2004
"A little girl doesn’t know anything
about hatred or judges or political trials. She just
needs to grow up in peace, knowing her father and
having the chance to give him kisses," said Olga
Salanueva during a meeting with members of the
Canadian Che Guevara Brigade, commenting on the fact
that their daughter Ivette has not been able to see
her father for almost four years.
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Cracks in the wall of
silence around the case of the anti-terrorist Cubans
June 9,
2004
THREE years after the
court ruling that convicted them for having fought
against terrorism, five Cubans imprisoned in the
United States are appreciating the cracks that are
appearing in the news blockade imposed on their
situation by the U.S. authorities.
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Breaking the wall
of silence
May 31,
2004
"INFORMATION,
that’s what the U.S. people need in terms of the
Five’s case," affirmed Olga Salanueva, wife of René
González, one of the Cubans who are serving unjust
sentences in U.S. prisons for fighting terrorism.
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Family visits to the Five still blocked
May 26,
2004
AS is now routine, the U.S.
State Department has once again denied entry visas
to the wives of two of the five Cuban prisoners in
U.S. jails, claiming that they are a threat to
national security, according to information provided
on the televised Roundtable program transmitted on
May 24.
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International support
for the Five
The truth must be
told
May 11,
2004
FOR
Cubans, there is no right to rest for even a moment
in the struggle for the Five, because these patriots
and their families are suffering with valor and
honor a severe trial for everyone, for our right to
life and liberty, affirmed Ricardo Alarcón yesterday,
in the public hearing to take stock of international
solidarity with the five Cuban political prisoners
in the United States.
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Cuban Parliament hearing to
debate the inhumane treatment of the Cuban five
May 5,
2004
AS
the hellish prison conditions of Iraqi detainees are
emerging, a public hearing in Cuba’s National
Assembly in Havana is to debate the situation of the
five Cubans serving sentences in U.S. prisons under
conditions that violate their basic rights, for
having infiltrated terrorist groups in Miami.
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THE FIVE: APPEAL HEARING IN MIAMI
Federal Attorney against the wall
March 11,
2004
MIAMI—Assistant
U.S. Attorney Christine Heck-Miller found herself in
an embarrassing position when faced with various
questions by the three judges from the 11th Circuit
Court of Appeals during the hearing of the case of
the five Cubans imprisoned in the United States.
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MIAMI HEARING FOR THE FIVE
Defense to
insist on a retrial outside of Miami
March 10,
2004
Havana,
March 10 (PL)—A hearing of the case of the five anti-terrorist
Cuban fighters takes place today before the Atlanta
11th Circuit Court of Appeals, in which their
defense lawyers will insist on the need for a
retrial outside of Miami, Florida.
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Hearing tomorrow
for the Five
March 9,
2004
THE
case of the five anti-terrorist Cubans imprisoned in
the United States enters a critical stage tomorrow
in Miami, with a hearing before three judges from
the Atlanta 11th Circuit Court of Appeal.
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New infamy against
our five heroes prisoners of the empire
March 5,
2004
IN the afternoon of February 27, the
head of the U.S. Department of State Cuba Bureau
delivered Diplomatic Note 058/2 to the Cuban
Interests Section in Washington. The note states
that, with immediate effect, the Department of State
only will approve consular visits once every three
months to "Cuban nationals" imprisoned in U.S. jails.
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We will carry on fighting to see our
husbands
January
23,
2004
“We
will go through all the necessary procedures and do
whatever we can to demand our rights,” affirmed Olga
Salanueva, René’s wife, thus revealing that she and
Adriana Pérez, wife of Gerardo Hernández, will
continue to apply for U.S. entry visas in order to
visit their husbands despite the persistent ill will
of the U.S. authorities.
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Additional
punishment for the Five
January
15,
2004
THE U.S. response to
the visa applications of Olga Salanueva and Adriana
Pérez O’Connor, the wives of René González and
Gerardo Hernández, respectively, marks a new stage
in the escalation of the cruelty and hatred against
Cuba on the part of the U.S. government, affirmed
jurists and analysts on a television Roundtable.
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Cuba calls for an end to
hostilities against the Five and their families
January
15,
2004
CUBA has demanded that the U.S.
government end the hostilities against the five
Cubans imprisoned in that country since 1998 and
their families and is calling on Washington to
fulfill its international, legal and moral
obligations.
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Malicious treatment of the Five
and their families denounced
January
8,
2004
WHAT
is being done in the United States to the five
Cubans imprisoned in the United States for combating
terrorism, and to their families is unprecedented.
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