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Rene Gonzalez of Cuban Five Turns 55 in Prison
Cuban antiterrorist fighter Rene Gonzalez, one of the Cuban Five, is celebrating his 55th birthday Saturday, and has spent the last 13 years in a U.S. prison. Rene's only crime was to alert Cuba to subversive plans forged in U.S. territory.
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Cuban antiterrorist fighter Rene Gonzalez, one of the Cuban Five, is celebrating his 55th birthday Saturday, and has spent the last 13 years in a U.S. prison. Along with Ramon Labañino, Gerardo Hernandez, Antonio Guerrero and Fernando Gonzalez, Rene's only crime was to alert Cuba to subversive plans forged in U.S. territory.
In addition to the physical torture he has suffered as part of arbitrary punishment, Rene Gonzalez has been deprived of visits from his relatives, a consequence of a political connivance, as international jurists have stated.
The 15-year sentence imposed on Gonzalez arises from the corruption of the ethical duties of judges and official of the U.S. judicial system, as Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon has repeatedly said.
Rene Gonzalez was born in Chicago, the United States, in 1956, to a working-class, Cuban immigrant family.
His father, Candido Rene Gonzalez, was a steelworker in Indiana, and his mother, Irma Sehwerert, did the housework.
The Five, as they are universally known, were detained on September 12, 1998, for monitoring actions planned by terrorist groups in the United States to inflict damage and death on the Cuban people.
In addition to the physical torture he has suffered as part of arbitrary punishment, Rene Gonzalez has been deprived of visits from his relatives, a consequence of a political connivance, as international jurists have stated.
The 15-year sentence imposed on Gonzalez arises from the corruption of the ethical duties of judges and official of the U.S. judicial system, as Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon has repeatedly said.
Rene Gonzalez was born in Chicago, the United States, in 1956, to a working-class, Cuban immigrant family.
His father, Candido Rene Gonzalez, was a steelworker in Indiana, and his mother, Irma Sehwerert, did the housework.
The Five, as they are universally known, were detained on September 12, 1998, for monitoring actions planned by terrorist groups in the United States to inflict damage and death on the Cuban people.