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Relatives of the Cuban Five Urge US President Obama to Release Them

Cuba, Dec 30. - Olga Salanueva, wife of Rene Gonzalez – one of the five Cuban antiterrorist fighters who remain unjustly imprisoned in the United States since 1998 – urged US President Barack Obama to release her husband and his four comrades from prison.

“It is time that Obama answers why these men that were fighting terrorism remain in prison. Only he can set them free,” Olga said at the venue of the Cuban Friendship Institute (ICAP) in Havana.

In a meeting with more than 100 members of the US solidarity group ‘Global Exchange’, Olga gave details of the tortuous legal path followed by the Cuban Five’s defense team to obtain a re-sentencing of three of them (Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Ramon Labañino).

After recalling many of the numerous terrorist actions suffered by the Cuban people over the past five decades, Magalis Llort, mother of Fernando, said that it is a paradox that her son, along with Antonio, Rene, Fernando, Ramon and Gerardo Hernandez, remain in prison as they were fighting this kind of criminal attacks.

“Maybe you don’t know Luis Posada Carriles, Orlando Bosch or Felix Rodriguez, but we do very well because they have planned and carried out many criminal actions against Cuba,” said Rosa Aurora Freijanes, wife of Fernando.

“I recommend that you find more information about the case and ask your congresspeople to get involved and act in favor of justice,” she added.

Also present in the meeting were ICAP President Kenia Serrano as well as Mirta Rodriguez and Irma Sehwerert, mothers of Antonio and Rene, respectively.

Global Exchange is a solidarity organization that promotes visits and exchanges with representatives from different Cuban social sectors. (Cubaminrex - acn)

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