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New International Campaign in Favor of the Cuban Five

CUBA, January 21, 2010. - A new international campaign in favor of the liberation of five Cuban antiterrorists, who remain as political prisoners in the US since 1998, is getting ready in Washington, with an edition of 20 thousand postcards addressed to President Barack Obama.

The postcards carry a request by 10 Nobel Prize laureates demanding the immediate release of Rene Gonzalez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino, Gerardo Hernandez and Fernando Gonzalez – internationally known as the Cuban Five -, who infiltrated terrorist organizations in South Florida to prevent criminal actions against the Caribbean nation, reported the news agency Prensa Latina.
The Free the Five International Committee, promoter of the initiative, announced that friends and solidarity groups from Germany, Argentina, Bolivia, Canada, Chile, Lebanon, Spain, France, Guatemala, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Puerto Rico, Uruguay and Venezuela, among others, have joined in the campaign.

The Cuban Five were tried and sentenced in Miami after a biased and politicized process.

This city was also the venue of re-sentencing hearings for three of the Cuban antiterrorists last October and December. Ramon Labañino was convicted to 30 years; Antonio Guerrero, to 21 years and 10 months; and Fernando Gonzalez, to 17 years and nine months.

Meanwhile, Gerardo Hernandez and Rene Gonzalez were not included in this re-sentencing process. Hernandez was sentenced to two life terms plus 15 years, while Gonzalez was convicted to 15 years in prison. (Cubaminrex - acn)

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