New York Committee to Free the Cuban Five
Comité de Nueva York por la Libertad de los Cinco Cubanos
Urgent Action: Free the Cuban Five NOW!
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The five Cuban heroes--Gerardo, Ramon, Rene, Fernando and Antonio--who have sacrificed so much to defend their homeland from terrorist organizations based in the U.S., need your help. Since 1998 they have been wrongly imprisoned, tried and sentenced in the U.S. on fabricated charges ranging from espionage to conspiracy to commit murder, while the true criminals, such as those right-wing organizations they monitored, continued their activities unimpeded by the U.S. government. Now their defense reaches another critical stage. Next week, the U.S. Supreme Court is expected to announce their decision on whether to hear an appeal of the case. The trial has already been condemned by the U.N. Human Rights Commission, activists, legal scholars, and Nobel laureates, and world opinion is against their wrongful trial and continued imprisonment. In this context, the Supreme Court is to decide whether to hear an appeal on the basis of the racial discrimination during jury selection process, the partiality of the venue of the trial, and other issues. However, even now there is pressure on the Supreme Court, from sectors of the government, to deny the Five a hearing. Organizations in solidarity with the Cuban Five are planning protests across the country in the days leading up to the Court's decision, to demand what is just: an immediate release of the Five. The first of these protests in New York is Monday, June 8. Please join us, and stay tuned to information on further calls to action. |
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