Mexico: Cuban Parliament President Demands Justice for Cuban Five
The president of the Cuba's People’s Power National Assembly, Ricardo Alarcon, said in Mexico the fight for the freedom of the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters imprisoned in the US continues.
In his address to participants at the 6th Regional Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, broadcast live by regional TV network TELESUR, Alarcon denounced the irregularities committed in the trial against Rene Gonzalez,Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez and Gerardo Hernandez.
He said such irregularities, which have no precedent in the US legal tradition and that included payments from the Federal Government to journalists to bias the media against the Cuban Five, should have meant the annulment of the trial.
Alarcon condemned Judge Joan A. Lenard’s, from the South Florida District, decision to have Rene Gonzalez stay in the US on probation, after being released from prison this Friday, having served an unjust 13-year-prison sentence.
Alarcon stressed that the fight for freedom of Antonio, Ramon, Fernando and Gerardo continues and call for stepping up world solidarity.
The Cuban Five were arrested on September 12 of 1998 and sentenced in 2001 to harsh terms that go from 15 years (Rene Gonzalez) to two life terms plus 15 years, for monitoring actions by Florida-based anti-Cuba right–wing groups.
The Sixth Regional Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba concludes on Sunday and its program includes bilateral meetings, political acts and round tables.
In his address to participants at the 6th Regional Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba, broadcast live by regional TV network TELESUR, Alarcon denounced the irregularities committed in the trial against Rene Gonzalez,Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labañino, Fernando Gonzalez and Gerardo Hernandez.
He said such irregularities, which have no precedent in the US legal tradition and that included payments from the Federal Government to journalists to bias the media against the Cuban Five, should have meant the annulment of the trial.
Alarcon condemned Judge Joan A. Lenard’s, from the South Florida District, decision to have Rene Gonzalez stay in the US on probation, after being released from prison this Friday, having served an unjust 13-year-prison sentence.
Alarcon stressed that the fight for freedom of Antonio, Ramon, Fernando and Gerardo continues and call for stepping up world solidarity.
The Cuban Five were arrested on September 12 of 1998 and sentenced in 2001 to harsh terms that go from 15 years (Rene Gonzalez) to two life terms plus 15 years, for monitoring actions by Florida-based anti-Cuba right–wing groups.
The Sixth Regional Meeting of Solidarity with Cuba concludes on Sunday and its program includes bilateral meetings, political acts and round tables.
Source:
Agencia de Información Nacional
Date:
10/10/2011