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Grand Canaria Gov't: Free the Cuban Five
The government of Gran Canaria supports freedom for the five Cuban antiterrorists imprisoned in the United States, said its vice president, Roman Rodriguez.
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Prensa Latina
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The government of Gran Canaria supports freedom for the five Cuban antiterrorists imprisoned in the United States, said its vice president, Roman Rodriguez.
In the case of Rene Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labanino and Fernando Gonzalez, held since 1998 for alerting Cuba to terrorist actions, the accusations against them were never proven and their sentences were unjust, Rodriguez said.
The vice president of the Cabildo, or Inter-Island Council, made his comments after receiving Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez, the wives of Rene Gonzalez and Gerardo Hernandez.
Rodriguez who was accompanied by Carmelo Ramirez, councilor for International Collaboration and Solidarity, said it was a case of a violation of human rights and arbitrary detention.
During the meeting the officials of the island government expressed interest in the background of Gerardo, whose mother died in 2009, and whose family left Gran Canaria for Cuba in the 1940s.
However, there are still relatives in this autonomous Spanish community, including lawyer Ana Perez Nordelo, who for years worked intensely on the case of the Cuban Five and making it known.
Also present at the meeting were Luis Molina, consul general of Havana in Las Palmas and Ana Mayra Rodriguez, presidential advisor to the National Assembly of Popular Power (the Cuban parliament).
The Canary Platform of Solidarity with the Peoples and Canary Committee of Solidarity with Cuba coordinated the visits of Olga and Adrian demanding that the United States respond to the international demand.
Gianni Tognon, vice president of the Permanent Tribunal of the Peoples (TPP) joined its voice with that of the American Association of Jurists (AAJ) in a formal declaration on the case, made public a year ago.
The AAJ charged that the trial was a flagrant violation of due process and distorted procedures and guarantees of the legal system of the United States and international law.
Since their arrival in Spain, Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez have been interviewed by many news reporters of the mass media, and have charged that the imprisonment of the Five is an act of vengeance against the Cuban people.
They did not endanger United States security; they simply monitored actions against Cuba forged by terrorist groups based in Miami, the women pointed out.
In the case of Rene Gonzalez, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero, Ramon Labanino and Fernando Gonzalez, held since 1998 for alerting Cuba to terrorist actions, the accusations against them were never proven and their sentences were unjust, Rodriguez said.
The vice president of the Cabildo, or Inter-Island Council, made his comments after receiving Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez, the wives of Rene Gonzalez and Gerardo Hernandez.
Rodriguez who was accompanied by Carmelo Ramirez, councilor for International Collaboration and Solidarity, said it was a case of a violation of human rights and arbitrary detention.
During the meeting the officials of the island government expressed interest in the background of Gerardo, whose mother died in 2009, and whose family left Gran Canaria for Cuba in the 1940s.
However, there are still relatives in this autonomous Spanish community, including lawyer Ana Perez Nordelo, who for years worked intensely on the case of the Cuban Five and making it known.
Also present at the meeting were Luis Molina, consul general of Havana in Las Palmas and Ana Mayra Rodriguez, presidential advisor to the National Assembly of Popular Power (the Cuban parliament).
The Canary Platform of Solidarity with the Peoples and Canary Committee of Solidarity with Cuba coordinated the visits of Olga and Adrian demanding that the United States respond to the international demand.
Gianni Tognon, vice president of the Permanent Tribunal of the Peoples (TPP) joined its voice with that of the American Association of Jurists (AAJ) in a formal declaration on the case, made public a year ago.
The AAJ charged that the trial was a flagrant violation of due process and distorted procedures and guarantees of the legal system of the United States and international law.
Since their arrival in Spain, Olga Salanueva and Adriana Perez have been interviewed by many news reporters of the mass media, and have charged that the imprisonment of the Five is an act of vengeance against the Cuban people.
They did not endanger United States security; they simply monitored actions against Cuba forged by terrorist groups based in Miami, the women pointed out.