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Solidarity, Obama Could Free Cuban 5
Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon stated that the rise of solidarity worldwide and the stance by US President Barrack Obama could release the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unfairly imprisoned in that northern nation.
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Cuban Parliament President Ricardo Alarcon stated that the rise of solidarity worldwide and the stance by US President Barrack Obama could release the five Cuban anti-terrorist fighters unfairly imprisoned in that northern nation.
"Now Obama can talk," stated Alarcon on Tuesday night at the end of a TV-radio program in which he termed unjust the continuance in prison for over 11 years of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez.
"They have served more than is necessary, always within an unfair sentence, because they should not be imprisoned a second," said the legislative leader after mentioning the new sentences against two of them.
Labañino saw his sentence reduced from life term plus 18 years in prison to 30, while that of Fernando was reduced from 19 to 17 years and nine months.
"This has been an important day, but it has not been a cause of happiness," the parliamentary leader stressed after calling to redouble actions for the release of the Five, as they are universally known.
Any sentence imposed to them is unfair, but of course any reduction is beneficial for those condemned men, because prison conditions are changed to them, Alarcon noted.
The Obama government also recognized that the 2001 sentences were unjust, and proved that the White House could be obliged by an extensive world mobilization, the island's head of the parliament.
Guerrero, another Cuban 5, was the sentence reduced in October from life imprisonment plus 10 years to 22, while Rene with 15 years and Gerardo with two life terms plus 15 years have been excluded from this re-sentence process.
"Now Obama can talk," stated Alarcon on Tuesday night at the end of a TV-radio program in which he termed unjust the continuance in prison for over 11 years of Gerardo Hernandez, Ramon Labañino, Antonio Guerrero, Fernando Gonzalez and Rene Gonzalez.
"They have served more than is necessary, always within an unfair sentence, because they should not be imprisoned a second," said the legislative leader after mentioning the new sentences against two of them.
Labañino saw his sentence reduced from life term plus 18 years in prison to 30, while that of Fernando was reduced from 19 to 17 years and nine months.
"This has been an important day, but it has not been a cause of happiness," the parliamentary leader stressed after calling to redouble actions for the release of the Five, as they are universally known.
Any sentence imposed to them is unfair, but of course any reduction is beneficial for those condemned men, because prison conditions are changed to them, Alarcon noted.
The Obama government also recognized that the 2001 sentences were unjust, and proved that the White House could be obliged by an extensive world mobilization, the island's head of the parliament.
Guerrero, another Cuban 5, was the sentence reduced in October from life imprisonment plus 10 years to 22, while Rene with 15 years and Gerardo with two life terms plus 15 years have been excluded from this re-sentence process.