[NYTr] International Campaign for Release of the Cuban Five Intensifies
 
Date: Thu, 29 Nov 2007 12:08:13 -0600 (CST)

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International Campaign for Release of the Cuban Five Intensifies

Havana, Nov 27 (acn) British reverend Geoffrey Bottoms said on Monday 
that international solidarity with the five Cuban anti-terrorist 
fighters who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States continues 
to grow.

During a meeting at the venue of the Havana-based Cuban Friendship 
Institute (ICAP) with relatives of Gerardo Hernandez, Fernando 
Gonzalez, Ramon LabaC1ino, Rene Gonzalez and Antonio Guerrero - 
internationally known as the Cuban Five - Bottoms demanded the release 
of the five men and explained aspects of the campaign in favor of the 
Five in Great Britain where they are trying to make people aware of the 
unjust legal process carried out against these men in the United States.

In this respect, he announced that Leonard Weinglass, Antonio 
Guerrero's attorney, will soon travel to British territory where he 
will meet with Parliament members, trade union leaders and non 
governmental organizations to denounce the violations committed in this 
case.

Bottoms also noted that the reiterated decision by the US government of 
denying visas to Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez - wives of Rene and 
Gerardo, respectively - to visit their husbands in prison is an 
additional punishment for them and their families.

During the meeting at the ICAP venue in the Cuban capital on Monday, 
Magaly Llort and Mirtha Rodriguez - mothers of Fernando and Antonio, 
respectively - thanked Rev. Bottoms for his support of the cause of the 
Cuban Five and called him an honorable representative of peace.

The Cuban Five have been in prison for almost a decade in the United 
States where they infiltrated anti-Cuba terrorist groups that were 
planning and carrying out attacks against the island from Southern 
Florida.

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